Patent ID: 8335763

Claim:
A method of presenting a data feed comprising at least one data item, respective data items having content and at least one metadata item, on a display of a device having a processor, the method comprising: executing on the processor instructions configured to: compare the metadata items of respective data items of the data feed to criteria of a first filter to generate a first data subfeed; compare the metadata items of respective data items of the data feed to criteria of a second filter to generate a second data subfeed; remove data items from the second data subfeed that are included in the first data subfeed; and concurrently present on the display; within a first region of the display, the content of the data items of the first data subfeed; wherein presenting in the first region of the display a first data subfeed column comprising the content of the data items of the first data subfeed horizontally aligned within the first data subfeed column; and within a second region of the display not overlapping the first region, the content of the data items of the second data subfeed; wherein presenting in the second region of the display a second data subfeed column comprising the content of the data items of the second data subfeed horizontally aligned within the second data subfeed column, the second data subfeed column vertically aligned with respect to the first data subfeed column.