Patent ID: 8286099

Claim:
A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having a computer readable program stored on a non-transitory tangible storage device, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to: display a first face of a uniform prism rotatable only about a central horizontal axis and comprising a plurality of faces wherein each face comprises Graphical User Interface (GUI) controls for a unique function set, wherein the uniform prism is solid and only one face of the uniform prism is visible at a time; receive a rotational command from a virtual thumbwheel GUI represented on a touch screen, the rotational command configured to rotate the uniform prism around the central horizontal axis; and rotate the uniform prism to display a second face in response to the rotational command, displaying the rotation of the uniform prism; and rotate the uniform prism to display the first face when the second face is unused for a specified time interval.