Patent ID: 7069261

Claim:
A method of accessing electronic information, wherein at least a portion of the electronic information is contained within at least one collection of electronic documents indexed according to at least one predetermined indexing pattern, said method comprising: selecting at least one electronic portal document comprising a plurality of graphical elements, wherein at least one of the graphical elements is associated with at least one pointer that is associated with and identifies at least a portion of the electronic information, wherein each pointer that is associated with electronic information that is contained within a respective collection of electronic documents identifies the electronic information according to the predetermined indexing pattern of the respective collection; selecting at least one graphical element to thereby access at least one associated pointer and thereafter select at least one accessed associated pointer to thereby select at least a portion of the electronic information; locating the selected portion of the electronic information based upon the selected at least one pointer and, for the electronic information contained within a respective collection of electronic documents, further based upon the predetermined indexing pattern of the respective collection; and retrieving the selected portion of electronic information to thereby access the selected portion of electronic information.