Patent ID: 7739621

Claim:
An electronic interface for collecting information for a data picture, the interface comprising: a data palette providing a set of data parameters available for selection, said set of data parameters including at least some corresponding to predefined statements concerning at least one of an action or a transaction; and a data canvas on which a selected set of one or more of said set of data parameters can be visually displayed on a display device and relatively positioned arbitrarily via input from a user-controlled input device in communication with the interface to generate the data picture, wherein the data picture includes a visual display of a graphical relative positioning of the selected set of data parameters relative to one another, the graphical relative positioning being configured via the input within the data canvas and wherein a data structure is created or modified using the selected set of one or more of said set of data parameters and a weighting factor based on the graphical relative positioning of the selected set of one or more of said set of data parameters within the data canvas of the data picture.