Abstract: The present invention provides solutions to the potential undesirable effects the insertion and removal of information elements and documents may have on arrays and axes of information elements using a collation function to determine the position of information elements thereon. The invention can be effectuated as a method, a device and an apparatus carrying out the method described herein.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of applying a set function on documents in an axis-based interface, the method comprising grouping a plurality of documents in a plurality of axes of documents, the documents from each axis of documents having commonality, grouping a plurality of axes of documents in a group of axes of documents, the documents from the group of axes of documents being disposed along a collation function, wherein at least some of the axes of documents are adapted to be used by a set function adapted to mathematically collectively manipulate documents thereof. Groups of axes of documents are also adapted to be used by a set function adapted to mathematically collectively manipulate documents thereof.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for dynamically and statically managing information elements on axes thereof, the method comprising defining a logical operation applicable to a plurality of computer-readable files, the logical operation being adapted to be dynamically applied to the plurality of computer-readable files, applying the logical operation to the plurality of computer-readable files to define operation-selected computer-readable files, providing a group of operation-selected computer-readable files on a basis of the logical operation, displaying at least a portion of the group of the operation-selected computer-readable files in an array of computer-readable files and dynamically updating the displayed group of operation-selected computer-readable files on a basis of an event effecting the plurality of computer-readable files.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention hereby presented provides a means to display a first set of, for instance, documents in conjunction with a second set of documents when the second set of documents would not necessarily fit in the query used to select the documents of the first set of documents and/or would not necessarily fit the collation of the first set of documents. The second set of documents so located in relationship with the first set of documents having a beneficial effect for the understanding of the first set of documents. A system and a GUI thereof is also hereby presented.

Abstract: The present application provides a method and an information organizing system thereof for discriminating axes of documents on a display, the method comprising displaying, at a first time about an time-of-axis-display timeline substantially aligned with a depth of view of the display, a first axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a first chronological order thereof; and displaying, at a second time about the time-of-axis-display timeline, chronologically following the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline at which the first axis of documents was displayed, a second axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a second chronological order thereof, the second axis of documents being displayed at the second time along the time-of-axis-display timeline with a lesser depth of view than a depth of view with which the first axis of documents is displayed at the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline, whereby the first axis of doc

Abstract: A method, apparatus practicing the method, a system and an interface for displaying an array of computer-readable files having time portions thereof is described. The time portions are configured to display computer-readable files associated with respective time periods to order the computer-readable files along a timeline. The time portions being configured to define at least one of a past portion adapted to display computer-readable files associated with a time before a present time, a present portion adapted to display computer-readable files associated with the present time, and a future portion adapted to display computer-readable files associated with a time past the present time.

Abstract: Is provided herein a method of non-homogeneously magnifying objects comprising providing an information element adapted to be displayed on a display and surrounded by a margin thereof; displaying the information element and its margin on a display; defining a standardized object adapted to respectively include therein the information element and at least a portion of the margin; magnifying the standardized object; defining a size of the magnified information element by removing an unmagnified size of the at least a portion of the margin to the size of the magnified standardized object; and displaying the magnified information element with its surrounding margin.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a product comprising a machine-readable medium and machine-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform a method comprising providing a first array of information elements adapted to be expanded into at least one other array of information elements on a display. Another embodiment provides a method of displaying information elements on a display of a computer system with arrays of information elements, the method comprising displaying a first array of information elements, expanding the first array of information elements into at least one other array of information elements, wherein the first array of information elements and the at least one other array of information elements have a commonality. A system and a graphical user interface providing same are equally provided herein.

Abstract: A method for managing information elements on axes is provided, the method comprising providing a plurality of axes of information elements adapted to display information elements thereon in a substantially rectilinear fashion, displaying at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of axes of information elements with information elements respectively displayed thereon, at least some of the information elements displayed being adapted to be selectable, to enable a first group of actions thereon, and adapted to be activated, to enable a second group of actions thereon. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method for enabling logical functions on a basis of a plurality of axes of information elements adapted to be displayed on a display. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method for navigating among axes of information elements identifying directions where movements of the active information element are allowed.

Abstract: A method of adding a user-selectable element to a destination array of documents, the method comprising adding a document to the destination array of documents, the destination array of documents being adapted to group a plurality of documents having a commonality, the added document being adapted to acquire the commonality by being added to the destination array of documents. A tangible machine-readable medium and a graphical user interface providing same are also provided herewith.

Abstract: A method for presenting information on a timeline is provided, the method comprising displaying the plurality of documents on the timeline using either a linear or a non-linear timescale. Documents presented along a linear timeline can switch to a non-linear timeline and vice-versa. The plurality of documents can be search results provided along the timeline representing a time attribute of each result. More than one timeline can be used to display documents, each timeline using a timescale that can be similar or dissimilar. An interface and a system for implementing the method is also provided.

Abstract: Operations for identifying user-selectable elements are detailed in the present application, the operations comprising providing a first group of user-selectable elements having a first attribute in common, displaying the first group of user-selectable elements in a first array thereof, providing a second group of user-selectable elements having a second attribute in common, displaying the second group of user-selectable elements in a second array thereof, and displaying a visual distinctive feature in connection with a set of user-selectable elements having a third attribute in common, the set of user-selectable elements comprising at least one user-selectable element from the first group of user-selectable elements and at least one user-selectable elements from the second group of user-selectable elements, wherein the third attribute is associated with each user-selectable elements in the set of user-selectable elements irrespective of the position of each user-selectable element in relation to one another

Abstract: The document relates to a method for visually indicating on a display those documents that have been displayed a plurality of times on a plurality of axes of documents based on a matching value of an attribute, the method comprising providing a first group of documents at least some of which associated with one or more attributes; displaying documents of the first group of documents along a first axis; receiving an input representing a selected attribute of one of the first group of documents that is associated with one or more attributes; displaying to a second axis documents of the first group of documents that has a value matching the value of the user-selected attribute; and displaying a visual distinctive feature for each displayed document in the first group of documents that is displayed along the second axis, whereby a user is able to visualize which documents displayed along the first axis are also displayed on the second axis for having a value matching the value of the selected attribute.

Abstract: A method of managing visual distinctive features on axes is provided, the method comprising providing a first group of documents having a first attribute in common, displaying the first group of documents on a first axis, providing a second group of documents having a second attribute in common, displaying the second group of documents on a second axis and displaying a visual distinctive feature in connection with a set of documents having a third attribute in common, the set of document comprising at least one document from the first group of documents and at least one document from the second group of documents, wherein the third attribute is attributed to each document in the set of documents irrespective of the position of each document in relation to one another on the first axis and second axis, the visual distinctive feature discriminating the documents associated with the third attribute from the documents not associated with the third attribute on the axes.

Abstract: The present application provides a method and an information organizing system thereof for discriminating axes of documents on a display, the method comprising displaying, at a first time about an time-of-axis-display timeline substantially aligned with a depth of view of the display, a first axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a first chronological order thereof; and displaying, at a second time about the time-of-axis-display timeline, chronologically following the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline at which the first axis of documents was displayed, a second axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a second chronological order thereof, the second axis of documents being displayed at the second time along the time-of-axis-display timeline with a lesser depth of view than a depth of view with which the first axis of documents is displayed at the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline, whereby the first axis of doc

Abstract: A computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions for performing a method of discriminating documents is provided, the method comprising displaying a first array of documents, receiving instructions from the selection of an attribute associated with at least one document, displaying a second array of documents grouping documents having the selected attribute, and displaying documents associated with the selected attribute with a graphical discriminating feature. A method, a system and an graphical user interface providing same is also provided.

Abstract: A method for discriminating axes of user-selectable elements on a display comprising providing a plurality of user-selectable elements, displaying a first axis of user-selectable elements adapted to group user-selectable elements in a substantially rectilinear fashion, displaying a second axis of user-selectable elements adapted to group user-selectable elements in a substantially rectilinear fashion and graphically discriminating at least one axis of user-selectable elements on the display on a basis of an order between the axes of user-selectable elements, wherein a selection of an axis of user-selectable elements does not effect the order thereof. A graphical user interface and a system thereof are also provided.

Abstract: A method of grouping arrays of documents is provided, the method comprising providing a first plurality of documents in a first array of documents, providing a second plurality of documents in a second array of documents, grouping the first array of documents and the second array of documents in a first group of arrays of documents, and displaying the first group of documents. A tangible machine-readable medium and a graphical user interface providing same are also provided herewith.

Abstract: A computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing a method of displaying arrays of computer-readable files, the method comprising causing a first array of computer-readable files to be displayed, said first array of computer-readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a first timescale; causing a second array of computer-readable files to be displayed, said second array of computer-readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a second timescale. An interface, a computerized system and a method for providing same is also disclosed therein.