Patent ID: 8332767

Claim:
A computer implemented method for dynamic association of elements in a first timeline with a second timeline at a central machine, the central machine having a processor, a memory, and a coordination application stored in the memory and executable by the processor, and each of the first timeline and the second timeline having one or more inspectable elements that correspond to one or more chronological events, the method comprising: receiving a selection of a particular element in the first timeline into the memory of the central machine through interaction with a user interface on a computing device; processing at least one metadata associated with the received selection against a database; providing to the computing device for display thereat, parallel to the first timeline at least a second timeline based on the result of the processing, the second timeline being associated with an entity or person identified in the at least one metadata of the particular element of the first timeline; populating the second timeline with one or more additional elements from the database, at least a portion of which has a chronological proximity to the particular element in the first timeline to thereby provide a dynamic association between the first and second timelines; and graphically depicting the dynamic association in a space between the first timeline and the second timeline and in relation to the first timeline and the second timeline; whereby at least one of the one or more additional elements of the second timeline is dynamically associated with the first timeline in a chronologically coordinated manner.