Patent ID: 7412650

Claim:
A method of representing information on a three-dimensional user interface, said three-dimensional user interface comprising a plurality of portals, said method comprising: a) associating data with each of said plurality of portals; b) associating a symbolic marker with each of said plurality of portals that represents the data associated therewith categorized according to a criteria; c) associating a sensory cue with each of said plurality of portals that represent the data associated therewith; d) determining a state in which said three-dimensional user interface is to be displayed, wherein said three-dimensional user interface is displayable in an active state in which a user is permitted to interact with the data associated with at least one of said plurality of portals, a first non-active state in which a user is not permitted to interact with the data associated with said plurality of portals, and a second non-active state in which a user is not permitted to interact with the data associated with said plurality of portals; and e) displaying said three-dimensional user interface in the determined state; wherein the first non-active state is a symbolic state and the second non-active state is a passive state, such that in operation, when the three-dimensional user interface is displayed in the symbolic state, the symbolic marker associated with each of said plurality of portals is displayed, and when the three-dimensional user interface is displayed in the passive state, the sensory cue associated with at least one of said plurality of portals is displayed; wherein the method further comprises detecting, for at least one monitored portal of said plurality of portals, a change in at least one data associated with the respective monitored portal selected from the group consisting of data connected to a real-time feed and data associated with an Internet web page; wherein the method further comprises associating a different symbolic marker for display in said at least one monitored portal after said change; and wherein the method further comprises repositioning said plurality of portals in response to said change according to a grouping scheme on said three-dimensional user interface, such that said different symbolic markers displayed on said three-dimensional user interface are arranged in a plurality of groups on said three-dimensional user interface.