Patent ID: 8914726

Claim:
A system comprising: a display, a user input device, and a processor that is configured to provide a user interface for displaying a visual representation of a network of objects on the display, and to receive user input identifying one or more selected objects of the network of objects and determining therefrom a set of display objects based on the selected objects, wherein the representation includes: a first region that includes a plurality of selectable objects of the network of objects, wherein each of the plurality of selectable objects are depicted having a given positioning relative to each other of the plurality of selectable objects, and one or more edges interconnecting the plurality of selectable objects; and a second region that is configured to display only the display objects, the display objects including feature objects corresponding to the selected objects that are depicted in the second region based on the given relative positioning of the corresponding selected objects in the first region, so that the selected objects are depicted in the second region in substantially similar locations relative to each other as in the first region.