Patent ID: 7542994

Claim:
A method for image categorization, comprising: displaying a source stack within a presentation space of a display that represents a set of one or more digital images to be categorized; arranging a plurality of category stacks around a perimeter of the source stack with which images from the source stack are associated for automatic categorization, wherein a first plurality of the category stacks comprise a first category set, and a second plurality of the category stacks comprise a second category set, where only one of the first or second category sets is active at one time such that the category stacks of the active category set are viewable in the presentation space and corresponding category stacks from the first category set and the second category set are located at a same location along the perimeter of the source stack; associating a top image from the source stack with a respective category in the active category set in response to a first user input; and toggling display of the first and second category sets in response to a second user input, such that if the first category set is currently active, the first category set is made inactive and the second category set is made active, and if the second category set is currently active, the second category set is made inactive and the first category set is made active.