Patent ID: 8140990

Claim:
A content visualization method for use in a computer system, the method comprising: selecting electronic content for presentation on a display device; assigning a viewing axis for displaying the content; selecting a place of focus along the viewing axis; determining a content viewport, the content viewport setting an amount of the content viewable on the display device; constructing a content visualization to display at least a portion of the selected content on the display device; and displaying the content visualization on the display device based upon the content viewport, viewing axis and place of focus; wherein the content visualization includes a plurality of sets of items of interest, a first one of the sets being arranged along a first portion of the display device and a second one of the sets being arranged adjacent to the first set, and wherein the first set is presented in full frontal format while the second set is presented in a diagonal view giving an appearance that the items in the second set are facing towards the items in the first set; and wherein the second set includes a first subset arranged adjacent to the first set and a second subset arranged adjacent to the first subset and remote from the first set, and wherein the first subset is presented having a transitional diagonal view.