Patent ID: 7574665

Claim:
A system for graphically displaying data objects on a computer display device, comprising: providing a dynamic display area represented by a dynamic time strip, said dynamic time strip including one or more indications of time along the length of the dynamic time strip; populating the dynamic time strip with one or more graphically represented data objects, wherein each of the data objects used to populate the dynamic time strip has at least one associated time falling within an overall time period represented by the dynamic time strip, and is positioned within the dynamic time strip relative to the at least one associated time, updating the dynamic time strip to reflect a passage of time by automatically scrolling the dynamic time strip forward in time as time passes and automatically updating the population and position of the data objects within the time strip to correspond to the overall time period represented by the dynamic time strip; and providing a user interface for interacting with the dynamic time strip and one or more data objects by user selection of an area on the dynamic time strip not currently including a graphically represented data object.