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A interactive information discovery tool and method gathers information dynamically from one or more data sources, which may be located at different servers and have incompatible formats, structures the information into a configurable, object-oriented information model, and outputs the information f

A interactive information discovery tool and method gathers information dynamically from one or more data sources, which may be located at different servers and have incompatible formats, structures the information into a configurable, object-oriented information model, and outputs the information for the user according to an associated, configurable visual representation with automatic content classification.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of interactive information discovery for a server, comprising the computer-implemented steps of:accessing a first class description of a first body of data, said first body of data containing a plurality of second bodies of data;accessing a second class descripti

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of interactive information discovery for a server, comprising the computer-implemented steps of:accessing a first class description of a first body of data, said first body of data containing a plurality of second bodies of data;accessing a second class description of the second bodies of data;receiving a first input from a user that identifies the first body of data;in response to receiving the input, (a) gathering information from a plurality of data sources based on the first class description and the first input and (b) structuring the information in the first body of data based on the first class description;while gathering the information for the first body of data, detecting for a plurality of values for the respective second bodies of data and, in response to detecting the plurality of values, initializing the second bodies of data based on the respective values; andoutputting to the user at least some of the first body of data.