Patent ID: 8836658

Claim:
A method, comprising: outputting, by a processor, first data for presentation at a display device, the first data indicating a configuration of at least a first subset of items from a plurality of items such that the plurality of items appear to be arranged for movement relative to a central point; receiving, by the processor, an input signal indicative of an input path along a view plane associated with the first configuration; determining, by the processor, a projection of the input path onto a notional line by at least resolving the input path into a first component parallel to the notational line and a second component perpendicular to the notational line, wherein the notational line corresponds to a trajectory of at least one of the plurality of items as it appears to move relative to the central point; calculating, by the processor, the first component of the input path; determining, based on a magnitude of the first component of the input path, a configuration of at least a second subset of items from the plurality of items; and outputting, by the processor, second data for presentation at the display device, the second data indicating the second configuration of at least the second subset of items from the plurality of items in which the plurality of items appear to have moved from the first configuration relative to the central point.