US5847709A
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3-D document workspace with focus, immediate and tertiary spaces
Assignee: TRIDIM INNOVATIONS LLC
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Filing: 1996-09-26
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Granted: 1998-12-08
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Expires: 2016-09-26
Abstract
Abstract A three dimensional document workspace for interacting with large numbers of document objects. A document object may be a document or a document collection. The document workspace is divided hierarchically in terms of interaction rates. A focus space is where direct interaction with a document or document collection occurs. An immediate memory space or desktop is for placing pages or books that are in use, but not currently being interacted with. A tertiary space or bookcase is where many books and pages that are not in use, but which it is desirable to have ready access to. Moving document objects in the document workspace is facilitated by touch-drop and flick gestures. The touch-drop gesture addresses the problem of obscuring distant (hence smaller) document objects by presenting a visual line indicating a destination for a moved document object. Flick gestures are used to quickly move document objects within the document workspace. A user may change their view of the document workspace in order to view different portions of the workspace in more detail.
Inventors
- 👤 Stuart K. Card
- 👤 George G. Robertson
- 👤 William M. York
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 22:40
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; G06F3/04815; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S715/00; Y10S715/976
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A computer controlled display system for displaying document objects in a three-dimensional document workspace on a display, said computer controlled display system comprising: document receiving means for receiving document objects; workspace display circuitry for generating display information for displaying said three-dimensional document workspace and said document objects, said workspace display circuitry comprising: circuitry for displaying a focus space, said focus space for detail display of a document object; circuitry for displaying an immediate space, said immediate space for ephemeral positioning of document objects that are in use but not in focus; and circuitry for displaying a tertiary space, said tertiary space for positioning document objects that are not in use.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
110 words
A computer controlled display system for displaying document objects in a three-dimensional document workspace on a display, said computer controlled display system comprising: document receiving means for receiving document objects; workspace display circuitry for generating display information for displaying said three-dimensional document workspace and said document objects, said workspace display circuitry comprising: circuitry for displaying a focus space, said focus space for detail display of a document object; circuitry for displaying an immediate space, said immediate space for ephemeral positioning of document objects that are in use but not in focus; and circuitry for displaying a tertiary space, said tertiary space for positioning document objects that are not in use.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The computer controlled display system as recited in claim 1 wherein said immediate space is comprised of a plurality of tiers along a Z-axis wherein each of said tiers causes a document object to be scaled to a corresponding predetermined size.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The computer controlled display system as recited in claim 2 wherein said immediate space further has an area visually represented as a desktop.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The computer controlled display system as recited in claim 1 wherein said tertiary space is visually represented as a bookcase.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The computer controlled display system as recited in claim 1 further comprising a received document space for displaying requested document objects as they are received.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The computer controlled display system as recited in claim 1 further comprising navigation means for providing user input for positioning a user viewpoint within said three-dimensional document workspace.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The computer controlled display system as recited in claim 1 wherein said document accessing means is further comprised of web interaction means for retrieving pages from the world wide web.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The computer controlled display system as recited in claim 1 further comprising WebBook generation means for creating a WebBook from an identified collection of related web pages.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
98 words
A computer controlled display system for displaying document objects in a three-dimensional document workspace on a display, said computer controlled display system comprising: document retrieval means for retrieving document objects; positioning means for receiving user input for positioning document objects within said three-dimensional document workspace; workspace display circuitry for generating display information for displaying said three-dimensional document workspace and said document objects, said three-dimensional workspace comprising: a focus space for displaying active in use document objects; an immediate space for displaying in use document objects; and a tertiary space for displaying document objects that are not in use.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
98 words
A computer controlled display system for displaying document objects in a three-dimensional document workspace on a display, said computer controlled display system comprising: document retrieval means for retrieving document objects; positioning means for receiving user input for positioning document objects within said three-dimensional document workspace; workspace display circuitry for generating display information for displaying said three-dimensional document workspace and said document objects, said three-dimensional workspace comprising: a focus space for displaying active in use document objects; an immediate space for displaying in use document objects; and a tertiary space for displaying document objects that are not in use.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
44 words
The computer controlled display system as recited in claim 9 wherein said a first part of said immediate space is visually represented by a desktop and a second part of said immediate space is visually represented by an air space behind said first part.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
The computer controlled display system as recited in claim 10 wherein said focus space is positioned above said first part of said immediate space.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
The computer controlled display system as recited in claim 9 wherein said tertiary space is visually represented by a bookcase.
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