Patent ID: 7606819

Claim:
A method for graphically organizing and manipulating a plurality of information elements on a display of a computer, the method comprising: retrieving a plurality of information elements from a storage location operably connected to the computer, each said information element having at least one characterization attribute associated therewith; graphically organizing the plurality of information elements retrieved from the storage location along a first vector or axis on the display; receiving input from a user of the computer corresponding to a selected characterization attribute associated with a related information element, the selected characterization attribute being selected by the user of the computer from among characterization attributes of the plurality of information elements along the first vector or axis; and graphically organizing a subset of the plurality of information elements along a second vector or axis on the display, the first and second vectors or axes being organized on the display such that the second vector or axis intersects or adjoins the first vector or axis at a non-zero degree angle at a location proximate to the selected information element, wherein the subset of the plurality of information elements only includes information elements having the selected characterization attribute associated therewith.