Portable dataport device and method for retrieving, inter-relating, annotating and managing electronic documents at a point of need
AssigneeFast-Cat, LLC
InventorsRaymond H. Steeb, Scott Presley, David P. McHugh
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Abstract
A method and device for using a portable dataport for electronic document retrieving, annotating, inter-relating, and managing, comprising a view manager having an at least one-dimensional grid. The view manager and grid provide document inter-relation and management in a user friendly fashion. The view manager is electronically linked to an electronic document storage device to retrieve, inter-relate, annotate and manage the documents.
Claims60
A method of using a portable dataport for document retrieving, inter-relating, annotating and managing, comprising the steps of:
- loading electronic documents onto an electronic document storage device associated with said portable dataport;
- and,
- using a view manager, having at least a one-dimensional grid, said grid corresponding to related document fields for navigation to related documents, wherein said view manager is electronically linked to said electronic document storage device to retrieve, inter-relate, annotate and manage said documents.
A method of using a portable dataport for document retrieving, inter-relating, annotating and managing, comprising the steps of:
- converting a population of documents into an electronically codeable format;
- coding said electronic documents with document data and related document fields;
- loading said electronic documents onto an electronic document storage device associated with said portable dataport;
- and,
- using a view manager, with at least a one-dimensional grid, said grid corresponding to said document fields for navigation to related documents, wherein said view manager is electronically linked to said electronic document storage device to retrieve, inter-relate, annotate and manage said documents.
A method of using a portable dataport for document retrieving, inter-relating, annotating and managing, comprising the steps of:
- coding electronic documents with document data and related document fields;
- loading electronic documents onto an electronic document storage device associated with said portable dataport;
- and,
- using a view manager, having at least a one-dimensional grid and two scrollable image viewers, said grid corresponding to said document fields, and wherein said view manager is electronically linked with said electronic document storage device to retrieve, inter-relate, annotate and manage said documents.
A method of creating and using a view manager, running on a portable electronic device, comprising the steps of:
- coding electronically stored documents using a grid, said grid has at least one dimension, said grid corresponding to related document fields for navigation to related documents, wherein said coding is accomplished through at least two scrollable-image-viewers and caching said electronically stored documents;
- loading said coded electronic documents onto an electronic document storage device associated with said portable electronic device;
- archiving said electronically stored documents in said at least one-dimensional grid for viewing;
- and,
- inter-relating each said archived document with other related documents on said at least one-dimensional grid;
- whereby a user has the ability to navigate from each said archived document currently being viewed to said related documents using one or more navigation buttons on said portable electronic device.
A portable dataport for document retrieving, inter-relating, annotating and management comprising:
- an electronic document storage device associated with said portable dataport, for storing a population of coded electronic documents;
- and,
- a view manager, having at least a one-dimensional grid, said at least one dimensional grid corresponding to electronic document fields for navigation to related documents, wherein said view manager is electronically linked to said electronic document storage device to retrieve, inter-relate, annotate and manage said documents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.