Patent Document ID: 5418942
Application ID: 07376123

Base Claim:
1. An information storage system which is connectable to an input interface means and an output interface means, the information storage system comprising a computer, the computer having a memory, the memory of the computer having a plurality of nodes stored therein, each node having a unique identifier within the memory, the memory of the computer including means defining pointers between pairs of said nodes, the pointers comprising only identifiers of other nodes, the pointers having been assigned by the input interface means in response to transmission of input data to the input interface means by a user, wherein each node contains no application data elements other than pointers, wherein information to be stored is stored only as a pattern of said pointers, and wherein said stored pattern is convertible by the output interface means into data recognizable by the user.

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Claim 2:
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the information being stored includes both data and procedure information, and wherein data and procedure are arranged in a structure called a Context, wherein every Context contains both data and procedure, and wherein all procedure information is stored in the same manner as any other information in the system.