Patent ID: 6556225
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of displaying information using a graphical user interface, comprising:configuring a set of three axes on a display screen associated with a computer system; configuring multiple selectable regions on the display screen in the vicinity of the axes only if the selectable regions are selected, otherwise the selectable regions are not visible to a viewer, wherein each of the selectable regions corresponds to an information unit accessible by the computer system, wherein the graphical user interface is adapted for selection of one of the selectable regions to cause a corresponding information unit to be displayed on the display screen, and wherein a position of each of the selectable regions with respect to the three axes is determined by a set of coordinates assigned to the corresponding information unit; displaying a first information unit accessible using the computer system on the display screen in response to selection of a corresponding first selectable region, wherein said configuring of the axes and selectable regions, when selected, is maintained on a portion of the display screen during said displaying the first information unit; detecting selection of a second selectable region corresponding to a second information unit accessible using the computer system; removing the first information unit from the display screen and displaying the second information unit on the display screen, wherein said configuring of the axes and selectable regions, when selected, is maintained on a portion of the display screen during said displaying of the second information unit; and configuring on the display screen a path indication extending between only the first selectable region and the second selectable region, when selected, and exclusive of any other of said selectable regions that are not selected.