Inventors:
Edith Ackermann - Cambridge MA
Dennis Nathan Bromley - Arlington MA
David Ray DeMaso - Wellesley MA
Sara Frances Frisken Gibson - Arlington MA
Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich - Dorchester MA
Judith Galler Karlin - Wellesley MA
Joseph Marks - Belmont MA
Chia Shen - Arlington MA
Carol Strohecker - Cambridge MA
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. - Cambridge MA
International Classification:
G06F 300, G06F 1730, G06F 1727
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.