Patent ID: 7941429

Claim:
A computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing thereon computer readable instructions comprising instructions for: causing the display of an interface for displaying search results, the interface comprising: a field for entering filter criteria for searching a set of objects; and a display window for displaying tiles associated with at least a portion of the set of objects according to the filter criteria, such that a tile associated with an object having the best match to the filter criteria is displayed centrally relative to other displayed tiles within the display window, and such that where the tiles exceed the space available within the display window based on a display size of each of the tiles, the display window is operable to pan to display different tiles and is further operable to zoom out to display additional tiles; and a global map position window operable for displaying which tiles associated with the set of objects are displayed in the display window, such that the global map position window is further operable for displaying a relative position of the displayed tiles to additional tiles associated with the set of objects.