Doing business employing linked trees having retrievable embedded information

A system for providing multilevel information about aspects of business, comprising:

• a computer display screen;
• means for generating on the computer display screen a display of a tree having a plurality of nodes, said tree including a root node, one or more stems extending outward from the root node to one or more first nodes, one or more additional stems extending outward from each of the first nodes to one or more second nodes, the plurality of stems extending in different directions, said nodes being dispersed over the display screen;
• and
• means for embedding in the nodes multilevel information about said business aspects;
• wherein the means for embedding includes means for obtaining said multilevel information about said business aspects from a matrix representing interconnections of a plurality of elements of a system, including:
• a first catalog for a first subset of said elements, and a second catalog for a second subset of said elements;
• a matrix of connection cells formed by an intersection of a pair of elements, wherein a first element of each pair is taken from the first catalog and a second element of each pair is taken from the second catalog;
• and
• a connection representation for at least a subset of the pairs;
• wherein at least a portion of one of the catalogs is formed using combinatorial operations upon elements of the other of the catalogs.

A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for displaying multilevel information about aspects of business, said method steps comprising:

• generating on a computer display screen a display of a tree having a plurality of nodes, said tree including a root node, one or more stems extending outward from the root node to one or more first nodes, one or more additional stems extending outward from each of the first nodes to one or more second nodes, the plurality of stems extending in different directions, said nodes being dispersed over the display screen;
• and
• embedding in the nodes multilevel information about said business aspects;
• wherein the embedding step includes the step of obtaining said multilevel information about said business aspects from a matrix representing interconnections of a plurality of elements of a system, including the steps of:
• providing a first catalog for a first subset of said elements, and providing a second catalog for a second subset of said elements;
• creating said matrix from connection cells formed by an intersection of a pair of elements, wherein a first element of each pair is taken from the first catalog and a second element of each pair is taken from the second catalog;
• and
• forming a connection representation for at least a subset of the pairs;
• wherein at least a portion of one of the catalogs is formed using combinatorial operations upon elements of the other of the catalogs.

A method for representing interconnection of a plurality of elements of a system providing information of a plurality of aspects of doing business, the method comprising:

• providing a first catalog for a first subset of said elements, and providing a second catalog for a second subset of said elements;
• creating a matrix of connection cells formed by an intersection of a pair of elements, wherein a first element of each pair is taken from the first catalog and a second element of each pair is taken from the second catalog;
• and
• forming a connection representation for at least a subset of the pairs;
• wherein at least a portion of one of the catalogs is formed using combinatorial operations upon elements of the other of the catalogs.

An architecture comprising:

• a matrix module forming a business aspect information system matrix having at least one matrix row element and at least one matrix column element, an intersection of each said at least one matrix row element with each said at least one matrix column element forming a matrix cell;
• a set of business aspect elements, a first subset of said set having a connection requirement with a second subset of said set;
• a first catalog including at least one business aspect element forming said at least one matrix row element;
• and
• a second catalog including at least one business aspect element forming said at least one matrix column element, wherein each matrix cell represents a business aspect connection between each business aspect element of the first catalog and each business aspect element of the second catalog to enable systematic cooperation among business aspect elements according to a business aspect requirement;
• wherein at least a portion of one of the catalogs is formed using combinatorial operations upon elements of the other of the catalogs.

A method of providing multilevel information about a plurality of business aspects related entities and resources, comprising the steps of:

• generating on a computer display screen a display of a tree having a plurality of nodes, said tree including a root node, one or more stems extending outward from the root node to one or more first nodes, one or more additional stems extending outward from each of the first nodes to one or more second nodes, the plurality of stems extending in different directions, said nodes being dispersed over the display screen;
• and
• embedding in the nodes multilevel information about said business aspects;
• wherein the embedding step includes the step of obtaining said multilevel information about said business aspects from a matrix representing interconnections of a plurality of elements of a system, including the steps:
• providing a first catalog for a first subset of said elements, and providing a second catalog for a second subset of said elements;
• creating said matrix from connection cells formed by an intersection of a pair of elements, wherein a first element of each pair is taken from the first catalog and a second element of each pair is taken from the second catalog;
• and
• forming a connection representation for at least a subset of the pairs;
• wherein at least a portion of one of the catalogs is formed using combinatorial operations upon elements of the other of the catalogs.