Patent ID: 7478321

Claim:
A method for processing a set of information, the method comprising: (a) obtaining a set of information; (b) identifying a subset of the set of information that corresponds to a search criteria, the subset including an element identified as relevant to the search criteria; (c) defining a central focus display section such that a portion of the subset of information containing the element identified as relevant to the search criteria is included in the central focus display section; (d) defining a context display section such that the context display section includes another portion of the subset of information containing the element identified as relevant to the search criteria, said another portion not included in the central focus display section; (e) generating a screen display including the central focus display section and a context display section, wherein the element included in the subset of information displayed in the central focus display section and in the subset of information displayed in the context display section is highlighted, and wherein at least one of the subset of the information displayed in the central focus display section and the subset of the information displayed in the context display section is compressed according to a predetermined scale factor; and (f) in response to a user selecting the highlighted element, in the context display section adjusting the screen display by: (i) eliminating the context display section, and (ii) displaying the subset of the information previously displayed in the context display section, in the central focus display section.