Visualizing a complex network based on a set of objects of interest

An application embodied on a non-transient computer readable medium configured to produce a user interface of a device for displaying a representation of a network of objects, the application comprising:

• a portion configured to render a plurality of selectable objects, wherein each of the plurality of selectable objects are rendered having a given positioning relative to each other of the plurality of selectable objects, and one or more edges interconnecting the plurality of selectable objects within a first region of the user interface;
• a portion configured to receive user input identifying one or more selected objects of the plurality of selectable objects;
• a portion configured to determine a set of display objects based on the selected objects, including one or more feature objects corresponding to the display objects;
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• a portion configured to render a second region in response to one or more of the selectable objects of the first region being selected, wherein only the display objects are depicted in the second region, and the feature objects are depicted in the second region based on the relative positioning of the feature objects in the first region, so that the feature objects are depicted in the second region in substantially similar locations relative to each other as in the first region.

A method of producing a user interface of a device for displaying a visual representation of a network of objects, the method comprising:

• rendering, at the device, a plurality of selectable objects having a given positioning relative to each other of the plurality of selectable objects;
• rendering, at the device, one or more edges interconnecting the plurality of selectable objects within a first region of the user interface;
• receiving, via the user interface, user input identifying one or more selected objects of the plurality of selectable objects;
• determining, by the user interface, a set of display objects based on the one or more selected objects, including feature objects corresponding to the selected objects;
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• rendering, at the device, a second region in response to a selectable object of the first region being selected, wherein only the display objects are depicted in the second region, and the selected objects are depicted in the second region based on the relative positioning of the selected objects in the first region, so that the select objects are depicted in the second region in substantially similar locations relative to each other as in the first region.