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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1998
George Francis DeStefano, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer system and method of controlling the same utilize logically-typed concept highlighting to link together in a user's mind the relationships between various concepts within a body of knowledge. Information from a body of knowledge is maintained in one or more information elements, at least a portion of which are associated with one or more named concepts. Links are defined between two or more named concepts, so that information elements associated with named concepts linked via a link may be visually represented to a user in such a manner that the link between such named concepts is apparent to the user. The links are selectively enabled in response to a predetermined criteria so that different links may be enabled or disabled under appropriate circumstances.