Methods and apparatus for managing and inferring relationships from information objects
OwnerPaul Erich Keel, Jeffrey Huanginventors
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Abstract
A system identifies information based on relations between information objects. The system identifies a first set of information objects that each includes associated positional information. The system identifies at least one spatial relation between the first set of information objects based on a spatial arrangement of the information objects as determined by positional information associated with the first set of information objects. The system further identifies a second set of information objects based on the relation(s) between the first set of information objects and outputs an identity of the second set of information objects. A unique card layout is also disclosed.
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A computer-implemented method for identifying information based on relations, the method comprising:
- identifying a first set of information objects, each including associated positional information, comprising displaying the first set of information objects on a graphical user interface, the positional information associated with each information object being a location of each information object on the graphical user interface;
- identifying at least one relation between the first set of information objects based on a spatial arrangement of the information objects as determined by positional information associated with the first set of information objects, wherein identifying at least one relation between the first set of information objects comprises:
- computing a first set of relations between at least two information objects;
- computing a second set of relations between at least two other information objects;
- identifying a second set of information objects based on the at least one relation between the first set of information objects, wherein identifying the second set of information objects based on the at least one relation between the first set of information objects comprises:
- identifying that relations in the first set of relations are collectively stronger than relations in the second set of relations;
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- outputting an identity of the second set of information objects comprising displaying the second set of information objects on the graphical user interface.
A computer system comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor;
- a display;
- an interconnection mechanism coupling the memory, the processor and the display allowing communication there between;
- wherein the memory is encoded with a relation manager application, the when executed on the processor, provides a relation manager process that identifies information based on relations by causing the computer system to perform the operations of:
- identifying a first set of information objects on the display, each including associated positional information, comprising displaying the first set of information objects, the positional information associated with each information object being a location of each information object on the display;
- identifying at least one relation between the first set of information objects based on a spatial arrangement of the information objects on the display as determined by positional information associated with the first set of information objects, wherein identifying at least one relation between the first set of information objects comprises:
- computing a first set of relations between at least two information objects;
- computing a second set of relations between at least two other information objects;
- identifying a second set of information objects based on the at least one relation between the first set of information objects, wherein identifying the second set of information objects based on the at least one relation between the first set of information objects comprises:
- identifying that relations in the first set of relations are collectively stronger than relations in the second set of relations;
- and
- outputting an identity of the second set of information objects comprising displaying the second set of information objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.