Patent ID: 8209336

Claim:
A device for processing information in a database, comprising: a processor configured to: select data of the database according to selection criteria, arrange selected data in a representation space provided for the attention of at least one user, the representation space comprising a plurality of positions which can receive data elements that are representative of the selected data, pre-define at least one related representation area within the representation space, formed by activated positions, specify at least one data bootstrapping element for each of the related representation areas, position the data bootstrapping element at a bootstrapping position in the related representation area corresponding to the data bootstraping element, successively determine new data elements from at least a data element already positioned in the related representation area, in accordance with at least one proximity order relation based on contents of the selected data, and automatically and successively position at least a part of the new data elements in the related representation area, at positions neighboring the positions occupied by the data elements already positioned, if these positions are not already occupied by data elements already positioned, the positions of said new data elements being randomly defined by the device for processing information at each user request; wherein the processor is further configured to use, for the proximity order relation, at least one of the relations based on: a number of identical terms in the contents, a number of similar terms for a predefined part of the contents, a difference in dates in the contents, a number of similar graphic patterns in the contents, and a number of similar sound patterns in the contents.