Patent ID: 7640511

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for identifying information based on relations, the method comprising: identifying a first set of information objects, each including associated positional information, comprising displaying the first set of information objects on a graphical user interface, the positional information associated with each information object being a location of each information object on the graphical user interface; identifying at least one relation between the first set of information objects based on a spatial arrangement of the information objects as determined by positional information associated with the first set of information objects, wherein identifying at least one relation between the first set of information objects comprises: computing a first set of relations between at least two information objects; computing a second set of relations between at least two other information objects; identifying a second set of information objects based on the at least one relation between the first set of information objects, wherein identifying the second set of information objects based on the at least one relation between the first set of information objects comprises: identifying that relations in the first set of relations are collectively stronger than relations in the second set of relations; and outputting an identity of the second set of information objects comprising displaying the second set of information objects on the graphical user interface.