Patent ID: 8499239

Claim:
A computing system, comprising: a touch display; a user interface module to display a globe container via the touch display, the globe container including a front-side spherical cap, a band level descriptor, and a back-side spherical cap, the front-side spherical cap including a plurality of content items visible with a convex three-dimensional perspective along a plurality of lines of latitude, where a size of each content item is based on a line of latitude of that content item, the band level descriptor associated with content items arranged along a line of latitude and identifying a common attribute of content items arranged along that line of latitude, and the back-side spherical cap including a plurality of content-item blanks visible with a concave three-dimensional perspective behind the front-side spherical cap while both the front-side spherical cap and the back-side spherical cap are displayed, each of the content-item blanks appearing to be a content item facing away from the front-side spherical cap, the globe container having a virtual orientation, the virtual orientation of the globe container determining which of the plurality of content items are arranged with the convex three-dimensional perspective on the front-side spherical cap; a navigation module to change the virtual orientation of the globe container responsive to a navigation gesture directed to a portion of the touch display displaying the globe container; and a selection module to recognize selection of a content item responsive to a selection gesture directed to a portion of the touch display displaying that content item.