| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus for organizing and processing chunks of interrelated information (or 'thoughts') (314, 316, 318, 320, 322) using a digital computer is disclosed. The invention utilizes highly flexible, associative thought networks (380) to organize and represent digitally stored thoughts. A graphical relationship of the thought network is displayed, including a plurality of display icons (330) corresponding to the thoughts, and a plurality of connecting lines (340) corresponding to the relationships among the thoughts. Each of the thoughts is associated with one or more software application programs, such as a word processing or spreadsheet utility (3). Users are able to select a current thought conveniently by interacting with the graphical representation, and the current thought is processed by automatically invoking the application program associated with the current thought in a transparent manner. Users can conveniently modify the thought network by interactively redefining the connecting lines between thoughts.</p> |
