Patent Document ID: 6012055
Application ID: 08629997

Base Claim:
1. A method of searching an information space, comprising the steps, performed by a data processing system, of: displaying an initial window, wherein one navigator of a plurality of navigators, designated as a first current navigator, is displayed in a current navigator area; displaying, in the initial window, respective navigator areas representing others of the plurality of navigators; inputting an indication that the user wishes to use a particular one of the other navigators as a new current navigator; and displaying, in the current navigator area of the initial window, the particular navigator indicated by the user in the current navigator window, in place of the current navigator.

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Claim 13:
13. The method of claim 1, performing a search of the information space using the first current navigator, to yield search results; inputting an indication from the user that the user wishes to cross-reference the search results; hashing into a database of the information space, in accordance with the search results, to yield database keys of the search results; and highlighting elements of a displayed navigator that correspond to the database keys.