Patent ID: 8584047

Claim:
A process for navigating nodes within a hierarchical structure, the process utilizing a device which has at least one logical processor in operable communication with at least one memory, the process comprising the steps of: orbitally displaying multiple sibling nodes at a first level within a hierarchical structure of orbital displays of nodes; receiving a choice of one of the orbitally displayed sibling nodes at the first level; in response to the choice, performing a navigation from the first level to a second level within the hierarchical structure of orbital displays of nodes, undisplaying the sibling nodes at the first level which were not chosen, and orbitally displaying at the second level multiple child nodes of the chosen sibling node; displaying a copy of at least one selected node in a selection tray that is distinct from a node choice history area in that the selection tray contains a copy of a node which was not chosen as part of changing levels in the hierarchical structure of orbital displays of nodes but was instead selected to perform an operation other than navigation from an orbital display at one level to an orbital display at another level of the hierarchical structure; and animating movement of the chosen sibling node into a docking position.