Patent ID: 7051284

Claim:
In a computer system including a video display device and an audio output device, a method for presenting data items included in personal information so as to indicate the importance and urgency of the personal information, comprising the following: an act of receiving a user-indication of an importance level associated with a particular data item; an act of assigning a first cue associated with the data item based on an importance of the data item, the first cue comprising a perceived depth corresponding to a 3-dimensional display of the data item; an act of assigning a second cue associated with the data item based on an urgency of the data item, the second cue comprising one of a color and an intensity; and an act of causing the data item to be output using the first and second cues in a perceived 3-dimensional displayed image to provide an indication as to both the importance and the urgency of the data item.