Patent ID: 8782560
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: assigning each item of interest of a plurality of items of interest to one of a plurality of concentric regions in a two-dimensional geographic space based on a location of the item of interest in the two-dimensional geographic space, wherein the location of the item of interest is determined based on one or more attributes of the item of interest, the plurality of concentric regions are centered at a location of a reference item in the two-dimensional geographic space, and the location of the reference item is determined based on one or more attributes of the reference item that correspond to the one or more attributes of the item of interest; generating a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that represents the reference item and the plurality of items of interest in the two-dimensional geographic space such that the GUI includes a plurality of concentric display regions that correspond to the plurality of concentric regions in the two-dimensional geographic space, a select one of the plurality of concentric display regions provides an expanded view of one or more of the plurality of items of interest located in a corresponding one of the plurality of concentric regions in the two-dimensional geographic space, and each remaining one of the plurality of concentric display regions provides a collapsed view of one or more of the plurality of items of interest located in a corresponding one of the plurality of concentric regions in the two-dimensional geographic space; wherein changing a concentric display region from an expanded view to a collapsed view changes a location of an item of interest in the changed concentric display region to a location unrelated to the relative distance of the item of interest from the reference item while maintaining substantially a same bearing relative to the location of the reference item as the item of interest would be shown at in the expanded view; and effecting presentation of the GUI to a user.