Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

Judith Galler Karlin

Joseph W Marks

Chia Shen

Carol Strohecker

Edith Ackermann

Dennis Nathan Bromley

Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich

Sara Frances Frisken Gibson

David Ray DeMaso

Methods and apparatus are provided for accessing an experience journal which includes unstructured text items relating to a topic, such as a medical condition. The method is implemented in a computer system including a processor, a storage device, a video display unit having a display screen, and a user interface. The unstructured text items are stored in the storage device. Similarities among the unstructured text items are determined, and icons, one corresponding to each of the unstructured text items, are displayed on the display screen. The icons are positioned on the display screen relative to each other, such that the distances between icons are representative of the determined similarities among the unstructured text items. In response to user selection of one of the icons, the corresponding unstructured text item is displayed on the display screen.

Method and system for displaying icons representing information items stored in a database

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Wellesley, MA, United States of America

Judith Galler Karlin