of the electronic device the multilayered icon has a plurality of indicating portions that indicate a plurality of user selected preferences of the user application_number US 201414202784 A description referring to fig2 5 exemplary tutorial screens 100 110 120 and 130 for guiding a user to create a multilayered icon is provided the components of the multilayered icon are displayed on a graphical user interface of an application being executed by a computer such as a desktop laptop pda smart phone and wearable or otherwise transportable computing device preferably the application is a social networking or electronic dating application on a transportable computing device an example of a preferred embodiment of the multilayered icon 102 is illustrated in fig5 the multilayered icon 102 is representative of at least one user of the application this multilayered icon 102 is further viewable on a location screen e g 104 in fig1 106 in fig2 that may be a physical map virtual map or augmented reality the map may be increased or decreased in resolution and scale and is preferably a size for viewing a single city block or even a single physical establishment such as a dwelling bar restaurant etc the multilayered icon 102 preferably may represent a plurality of user characteristics through a plurality of layers colors and or geometric shapes preferably the multilayered icon 102 is comprised of three layers or indicating portions with one gender component 108 graphically displaying a user 39 s gender as shown in fig2 a sexual preference portion 112 graphically displaying a user 39 s sexual preference as shown in.