Method of displaying axes with timelines

A method of presenting axes of documents along timelines on a display, the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of documents;
• selecting a first subset of documents from the plurality of documents on a basis of a first attribute;
• displaying the first subset of documents with a first time-space on a display, the documents of the first subset being displayed along a first axis of documents adjacently displaying documents in a rectilinear fashion on the display along a chronological order including a first timeline, the first axis locating the documents displayed thereon along the chronological order over a plurality of time units;
• selecting a second subset of documents from the plurality of documents on a basis of a second attribute;
• displaying the second subset of documents with a second time-space on the display, the documents of the second subset being displayed along a second axis of documents adjacently displaying documents in a rectilinear fashion on the display along the chronological order including a second timeline, the second axis locating the documents displayed thereon along the chronological order over a plurality of time units including a non-linear timescale and a time distribution that is substantially variable, with equal lengths of time not being visually represented with equal lengths of distance along the second axis of documents;
• selecting a third subset of documents from the plurality of documents on a basis of a third attribute;
• and
• displaying the third subset of documents with a third time-space on the display, the documents of the third subset being displayed along a third axis of documents adjacently displaying documents in a rectilinear fashion on the display along the chronological order including a third timeline, the third axis locating the documents displayed thereon along the chronological order over a plurality of time units including a non-linear timescale and a time distribution that is substantially variable, with equal lengths of time not being visually represented with equal lengths of distance along the third axis of documents, wherein the units of time of the third time-space are chronologically shorter than the units of time of the second time-space and the units of time of the second time-space are chronologically shorter than the units of time of the first time-space and at least one unit of time is absent from the second timeline of the second axis of documents and at least one unit of time is absent from the third timeline of the third axis of documents.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations for displaying axes of documents on a display, the operations comprising:

• providing a plurality of documents;
• selecting a first subset of documents from the plurality of documents on a basis of a first attribute;
• displaying the first subset of documents with a first time-space on a display, the documents of the first subset being displayed along a first axis of documents adjacently displaying documents in a rectilinear fashion on the display along a chronological order including a first timeline, the first axis locating the documents displayed thereon along the chronological order over a plurality of time units;
• selecting a second subset of documents from the plurality of documents on a basis of a second attribute;
• displaying the second subset of documents with a second time-space on the display, the documents of the second subset being displayed along a second axis of documents adjacently displaying documents in a rectilinear fashion on the display along the chronological order including a second timeline, the second axis locating the documents displayed thereon along the chronological order over a plurality of time units including a non-linear timescale and a time distribution that is substantially variable, with equal lengths of time not being visually represented with equal lengths of distance along the second axis of documents;
• selecting a third subset of documents from the plurality of documents on a basis of a third attribute;
• and
• displaying the third subset of documents with a third time-space on the display, the documents of the third subset being displayed along a third axis of documents adjacently displaying documents in a rectilinear fashion on the display along the chronological order including a third timeline, the third axis locating the documents displayed thereon along the chronological order over a plurality of time units including a non-linear timescale and a time distribution that is substantially variable, with equal lengths of time not being visually represented with equal lengths of distance along the third axis of documents, wherein the units of time of the third time-space are chronologically shorter than the units of time of the second time-space and the units of time of the second time-space are chronologically shorter than the units of time of the first time-space and at least one unit of time is absent from the second timeline of the second axis of documents and at least one unit of time is absent from the third timeline of the third axis of documents.

A mobile device comprising:

• a casing;
• a CPU supported by the casing;
• a display adapted to display a user interface configured for
• providing a plurality of documents;
• selecting a first subset of documents from the plurality of documents on a basis of a first attribute;
• displaying the first subset of documents with a first time-space on a display, the documents of the first subset being displayed along a first axis of documents adjacently displaying documents in a rectilinear fashion on the display along a chronological order including a first timeline, the first axis locating the documents displayed thereon along the chronological order over a plurality of time units;
• selecting a second subset of documents from the plurality of documents on a basis of a second attribute;
• displaying the second subset of documents with a second time-space on the display, the documents of the second subset being displayed along a second axis of documents adjacently displaying documents in a rectilinear fashion on the display along the chronological order including a second timeline, the second axis locating the documents displayed thereon along the chronological order over a plurality of time units including a non-linear timescale and a time distribution that is substantially variable, with equal lengths of time not being visually represented with equal lengths of distance along the second axis of documents;
• selecting a third subset of documents from the plurality of documents on a basis of a third attribute;
• and
• displaying the third subset of documents with a third time-space on the display, the documents of the third subset being displayed along a third axis of documents adjacently displaying documents in a rectilinear fashion on the display along the chronological order including a third timeline, the third axis locating the documents displayed thereon along the chronological order over a plurality of time units including a non-linear timescale and a time distribution that is substantially variable, with equal lengths of time not being visually represented with equal lengths of distance along the third axis of documents, wherein the units of time of the third time-space are chronologically shorter than the units of time of the second time-space and the units of time of the second time-space are chronologically shorter than the units of time of the first time-space and at least one unit of time is absent from the second timeline of the second axis of documents and at least one unit of time is absent from the third timeline of the third axis of documents.