Patent ID: 7903125
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method, comprising: obtaining, by a computer, selection of an ordering for a plurality of objects, each object in the plurality having one or more associated attributes and an associated visual representation, the selected ordering specifying a sequential arrangement of the plurality of objects based on the one or more associated attributes; defining a path through a grid of cells according to a space-filling curve; providing a visual representation of each object in a first set of objects in the sequential arrangement in a respective cell along the path in order of the sequential arrangement; determining that a visual representation of a second object that follows the first set of objects in the sequential arrangement requires a region of n by m of cells; responsive to the determining, providing a visual representation of a third object that follows the second object in the sequential arrangement in a cell corresponding to a position on the path following the cells of the first objects in order of the sequential arrangement; and providing a visual representation of the second object in a region of n by m cells on the path following the third cell.