Patent ID: 9009618
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of tracking status and progress of a process, the method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of different sized and different colored tangible and physically stackable markers that can be visualized in three dimensions, each of the plurality of tangible and physically stackable markers representing a respective trackable event, and each of the plurality of tangible and physically stackable markers having a height, a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, wherein the size of a tangible and physically stackable marker indicates a level of importance assigned to the corresponding trackable event, and wherein the color of a tangible and physically stackable marker indicates a category assigned to the corresponding trackable event; arranging the plurality of tangible and physically stackable markers in a three-dimensional configuration that visually indicates current status of a plurality of trackable events corresponding to the plurality of tangible and physically stackable markers; indicating a respective progress identifier on the first side of each of the plurality of tangible and physically stackable markers, wherein a progress identifier indicates a current progress status for a trackable event assigned to a tangible and physically stackable marker; indicating a respective event identifier on the second side of each of the plurality of tangible and physically stackable markers, wherein an event identifier uniquely identifies a trackable event; indicating a respective date identifier on the third side of each of the plurality of tangible and physically stackable markers, wherein a date identifier indicates a contextually significant date for a trackable event; indicating a respective category identifier on the fourth side of each of the plurality of tangible and physically stackable markers, wherein a category identifier identifies the category assigned to a trackable event and updating the three-dimensional configuration over time to visually indicate an updated status of the plurality of trackable events.