Patent ID: 8381129

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: displaying a display image for each of at least two icons wherein each of the at least two icons is associated with a respective icon size, small image, large image, weight that is a parameter used to produce the display image, and morphing function that produces the display image from the small image and the large image; upon indication of one of the at least two icons, for every indicated icon of the at least two icons having a weight less than a maximum value, increasing the indicated icon's weight and morphing the indicated icon's display image using the indicated icon's morphing function to grow the indicated icon's display image up to the size of the indicated icon's associated large image; and for every collateral icon of the at least two icons having a weight exceeding a minimum value, reducing the respective collateral icon's weight and morphing the collateral icon's display image using the morphing function to shrink the respective collateral icon's display image down to the size of the at least one collateral icon's associated small image.