Patent ID: 7010752

Claim:
A method for collaborating, comprising: generating a data object on a free-form display area; storing the data object in an object file; assigning a set of associations to the data object, each association relating to a different high-level concept for the data object; selecting a first group of associations, the first group being a subset of the set of associations; selecting a second group of associations, the second group being a subset of the set of associations, and being different than the first group of associations; displaying a first display of the data object using the first group of associations; displaying a second display of the data object using a second group of associations; a conversion utility receiving information from an e-mail; the conversion utility using the e-mail information to change the data object; updating substantially concurrently the first display and the second display to reflect the changed data object; and wherein the first display and second display occur substantially simultaneously.