Patent ID: 7139984

Claim:
A method of entering information by a user into a data form utilizing a virtual environment in which a user can direct at least one indicator of position; at least one location in said virtual environment being associated with a field of said data form and with one or more selectable information options for inclusion in said field, the method comprising: providing said user with representations of said selectable information options distributed around said at least one location; monitoring the position of said indicator of position in said virtual environment; in the event that said indicator of position moves into a predefined proximity with one of said representations of said selectable options, detecting the selection of said one of said selectable options; and storing said selected one option in said field of said data form; wherein said virtual environment contains a plurality of such locations, each such location being associated with a different field of said data form and with different selectable information options, further comprising constraining said indicator of position to move between said plurality of locations.