Patent ID: 7020848

Claim:
A graphical user interface (GUI) adapted to browse pictures stored in a picture database, said GUI comprising: a main level display providing links to other display levels, said main level display comprising: a hierarchical picture grouping iconic region indicating directories, folders and files containing pictures from said database; at least one main display area adapted to at least display pictures, thumbnails and graphical browsers; a picture content iconic region, comprising a plurality of selectable icons, each representing a content category and associated with a display level with pictures from said picture database having content of a selected content category and grouped according to picture metadata; a graphical browser region comprising selectable indicia of at least two graphical browsers utilized by said GUI, each indicia associated with a display level, with one of said display levels having a geographical map with icons located at picture locations on a map and another one of said display levels having a plot representing on one axis one characteristic of the images in the database and representing on another axis another characteristic of the images in the database; and said GUI further enabling access to the display levels linked to said main display level via one or more of the icons in said main display level upon selection of an icon or indicia thereof.