Patent ID: 8306982

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations for managing documents in relation with representations of objects displayed with a computer, the operations comprising: providing a plurality of representations of objects for a user to choose from; selecting a representation of an object among the plurality of provided representations of objects on a basis of an action performed by the user; displaying the selected virtual representation of the object; providing a plurality of documents for the user to choose from; selecting at least one document among the plurality of documents on a basis of an action performed by the user; analyzing the content of the selected at least one document to determine a concept of that selected at least one document; determining an object that matches the determined concept; mapping the selected at least one document and any documents that are related to the selected at least one document onto the determined object; providing at least one graphical element adapted to be associated with the selected at least one document; selecting a graphical element on a basis of an action performed by the user; associating the graphical element in graphical relation with the selected representation of the object at a location thereof on a basis of an action performed by the user; and displaying the representation of the object with the associated graphical element to provide a link between the representation of the object, the location of the associated graphical element and the selected at least one document, whereby a user can associate documents with respective related locations on graphical representations of objects and retrieve documents on a basis of an interaction with graphical elements on a basis of locations about representations of objects.