Patent ID: 7511697

Claim:
A computer-implemented facility reference system for managing custom content that includes graphical content, textual content, or any combination thereof, and is related to at least one of an architectural, mechanical, and physical feature of a facility, the system comprising: a user interface that enables access to selected custom content related to the facility, and that displays the selected custom content and information related to the custom content, wherein the user interface includes: a variable-view document tree navigation structure that provides links to items of the custom content via the user interface; and a geographical overview display of the facility having a variable level of displayed detail, the geographical overview display providing user access to the custom content via selection of portions of the geographical overview display; wherein in response to either a selection of an item of custom content from the geographical overview display or the document tree navigation structure, that custom content is automatically displayed in the user interface, and a display of the variable-view document tree navigation structure is automatically updated such that an index of specific items of custom content associated with the selected item of custom content is displayed.