Patent ID: 9256350
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of displaying hierarchical information, comprising displaying a first plurality of icons aligned in a first arc course on a display device, the first arc course displayed as a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional arc course in a first plane; selecting one of said first plurality of icons using a user input device; rotating said first plurality of icons to position said selected one of said first plurality of icons to a front position of said first arc course towards an observer in response to said selecting to define a first selection indicator; displaying a second plurality of icons aligned along a second-level arc course, said second-level arc course displayed as a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional arc course in a second plane, said second-level arc course displayed stacked adjacent to, and positioned co-axial with said first arc course and said second plurality of icons representing sub-hierarchical data for said first selection indicator; wherein the first and second arc courses are displayed using a two-dimensional visualization of three-dimensional co-axial arc courses that are separated from each other by a distance measured approximately orthogonal to the first and second planes, and the first and second arc courses having approximately identical radii of curvature along their respective lengths.