FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING TIME SCALE-BASED DATA PRESENTATION Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC G06F17/30 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: objects may be sorted into multiple strips based on their corresponding theme. Each strip may be created to denote a specific theme. The objects are sorted inside the corresponding strip partly based on a time parametre. A navigation tool enables navigation or search by browsing strips and objects in accordance with the required time parametre or time range. A user can alter the scale of the image and other search versions by viewing so as to browse desired objects with different levels of detail. Objects are displayed in form of thumbnails which are active. That way, content of any object may be modified directly using the thumbnails.

EFFECT: easier navigation and data management owing to use of a unique time scale-based navigation tool.

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