Patent ID: 8271902

Claim:
A method, comprising: displaying a graphical interface comprising a rotatable dial usable to sequentially advance through each one of a plurality of graphic images as the dial is rotated through a plurality of locations, wherein: each one of the plurality of graphic images is mapped to one of the plurality of locations according to a circular ordering which arranges the plurality of graphic images around a circle according to degrees of similarity among emotions conveyed by the plurality of graphic images; and the graphical interface is configured to display each one of the plurality of graphic images in response to input to position the dial at the one of the plurality of locations to which the one graphic image is mapped; in response to receiving input to position the dial at a particular one of the plurality of, displaying the particular graphic image, from among the plurality of graphic images, that is mapped to the particular one of the plurality of locations; associating the particular graphic image with a text comment, wherein the particular graphic image and the text comment are both separate from existing content of an electronic document; and displaying the particular graphic image, together with the text comment, within the electronic document in a manner indicating the association between the particular graphic image and the text comment.