Patent ID: 8380716

Claim:
A method of augmenting a mind map based on at least one data feed accessed via a network node, where the method comprises: a) generating and exhibiting a visual representation of an object; b) associating semantic data with said object, wherein said semantic data describes a characteristic or feature of said object; c) receiving from a user identification of at least one said data feed to be accessed via set network node; d) providing a control that is operable to access data from said at least one data feed including said data feed identified by said user via said network node; e) analyzing output of said at least one data feed and identifying additional objects which are semantically related to said object; f) augmenting said visual representation of said object with a connector from said object to a visual representation of said additional object; and g) arranging said visual representation of said objects in a hierarchical fashion based on interdependency of a said object with at least one said additional object, wherein said visualization of said mind map centralizes a said object possessing a greater number of said connectors to said additional objects than other said objects.