Patent ID: 8725738

Claim:
A method of organizing and searching objects in a database said method comprising: a. selecting a plurality of subsets of said objects, wherein each said subset is defined by a characteristic and wherein each said object of each said subset possesses said defining characteristic of said subset; b. arranging each said subset of said objects by assigning each said object in each said subset a value that corresponds to said defining characteristic of said subset and arranging said objects within each subset along a continuum of values of said defining characteristic; c. displaying representative samples from each of said plurality of subsets, whereby a searcher can select one of said subsets; d. displaying at least a portion of said selected subset in a first linear progression, whereby said searcher can scroll according to an ascending or descending value of said defining characteristic of said selected subset; e. selecting an object from said first linear progression; f. verifying said selected object's membership in at least one other subset; g. displaying at least a portion of said at least one other subset as a second linear progression intersecting said first linear progression at said selected object common to said first and second subsets.