Patent ID: 8826182

Claim:
A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following: a mapping of one or more parameters, one or more representations of the one or more parameters, or a combination thereof onto one or more respective surface segments of at least one three-dimensional icon; a rendering of the at least one three-dimensional icon in a user interface; one or more manipulations of a position of the at least one three-dimensional icon in the user interface with respect to one or more reference objects rendered in the user interface; and a processing of the one or more manipulations to determine one or more weighting values for the one or more parameters, wherein the one or more weighting values are based, at least in part, on the percentage of each of the one or more respective surface segments that is submerged in the one or more reference objects, covered by the one or more reference objects, within the one or more reference objects, or a combination thereof, and wherein the one or more reference objects represent, at least in part, one or more sets of information, one or more controls, one or more settings, or a combination thereof to which the one or more parameters apply.