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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1998
Edith Ackermann, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dennis Nathan Bromley, Arlington, MA (US);
David Ray DeMaso, Wellesley, MA (US);
Sara Frances Frisken Gibson, Arlington, MA (US);
Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, Dorchester, MA (US);
Judith Galler Karlin, Wellesley, MA (US);
Joseph Marks, Belmont, MA (US);
Chia Shen, Arlington, MA (US);
Carol Strohecker, Cambridge, MA (US);
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
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.