Patent ID: 7627831

Claim:
A computer aided interactive method for organizing a plurality of objects including files, notes, photographs, music files, and other media collections displayed on a large screen, wherein the plurality of objects are displayed in a group of foreground objects and a group of background objects comprising the steps of: (a) visualizing one or more foreground objects through implicit brushing wherein the implicit brushing is a side effect of grouping; (b) moving one or more foreground objects, wherein moving one or more foreground objects involves computer assisted moving of two or more objects by target snapping, wherein target snapping applies arrows of the same color to objects sharing a common property, wherein the arrow on each of the objects points to other objects sharing the common property; (c) retrieving one or more objects in the ‘foreground’ into the ‘background’ and one or more objects in the ‘background’ into the ‘foreground’ based on a common property of the objects; and (d) repeating steps (a) to (c) until one or more criteria is met.