Patent ID: 8145544

Claim:
A computer interface system providing a visual display enabling a user to compare products or offers, said system executing on a computing device, said visual display comprising: a shopping path panel presenting a plurality of display objects; wherein a majority of said display objects each represent a range of offers for a products or service; wherein different ones of said display objects each represent a range of offers for different but similar or related products or services; said display objects arranged side-by-side in one or more linear, increasing, or decreasing patterns; said one or more linear, increasing, or decreasing patterns providing a visual comparison between multiple offers for each of a number of different related products or services; said display objects arranged side-by-side such that an object's position relative to said pattern indicates a value related to that object's corresponding range of offers; said display objects arranged such that a majority of objects being compared, can be seen on one display regardless of the number of product options, without the need of scrolling down the page; wherein an object's placement compared to other objects indicates a relationship between that object's associated offers and other objects associated offers; wherein one or more of said display objects can be indicated; wherein indicating a display object causes details about a range of offers associated with that object to be presented; and said visual display patterns providing a compact way for a viewer to compare both a number of different offers for one particular product to a number of different offers for similar or related products or services.