Automatic extraction and graphic visualization system and method

A method for analyzing and displaying thematic content of information contained in a plurality of documets in a computing system, said method comprising:

• extracting one or more information units from a plurality of documents according to two or more instances of subject fields, including a first subject field and a second subject field, each information unit having a relationship to one or more of said subject fields;
• displaying a plurality of panels, including a first panel and a second panel, each of said panels corresponding to each of said subject fields wherein said first panel comprises a visual representation of information units having a relationship with said fistr subject field and said second panel comprises a visual representation of information units having a relationship to said second subject field;
• receiving an input, said input indicating a selection from one or more individual instances of filters;
• applying individual instances of filters to the information units responsive to said input to produce a filtered set of information units;
• and
• re-displaying said plurality of panels, wherein each of said plurality of panels comprises revised visual representations of information units, wherein said revised visual representation exclusively includes only those information units in said filtered set of information units.