Patent ID: 8566750

Claim:
A method of presenting a set of objects, the method comprising: associating a plurality of at least three metrics with each object in the set of objects, each of the at least three metrics being a characteristic of a corresponding one of the objects; for each object, calculating a metric factor for each of the metrics, each metric factor representing a relationship between the object and a corresponding one of the metrics; selecting a control weight shape having one less dimension than the number of metrics, wherein a maximum number of dimensions for the control weight shape is three; displaying a cursor movable within the control weight shape, said cursor constrained to move only within or on a defined constraint that is on or inside the weight shape, said cursor defining a point of convergence of a plurality of control factor shapes, wherein each of the control factor shapes corresponds to one of the metrics; determining a weight for each metric based on the position of the cursor; displaying a display weight shape having a plurality of display factor shapes, each of the display factor shapes corresponding to one of the metrics, wherein the appearance of each display factor shape is indicative of the weight assigned to the corresponding metric; determining a weighted combination for each object in the set of objects, the weighted combination being based on the weight determined for each metric and the metric factor for each metric; and arranging a display of at least some of the objects based on the weighted combinations.