System and method for displaying search results in a three-dimensional virtual environment
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1. A system for presenting search engine results in a virtual three-dimensional environment, said system comprised of:
- an environment rendering module to receive a data container adapted to contain at least one content display parameter representing at least a portion of the search engine results, said module adapted to render said container as a function of the content display parameter;
a search engine module adapted to receive at least one search parameter, and to map at least one search result to the content display parameter; and
a view production module to produce a two dimensional image correlated to a prospective view of the virtual environment from a view point within the virtual environment;
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Abstract
A system and method for presenting search and/or data query results within a virtual three-dimensional environment. A data container containing a parameter representing at least a portion of the content derived from a database search result may be rendered within the environment, thereby producing a two dimensional prospective view from a view point within the environment. The viewpoint may be moved along a selected or predefined path and the data container'"'"'s parameters may be updated in relation to the position of the viewpoint.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for presenting search engine results in a virtual three-dimensional environment, said system comprised of:
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an environment rendering module to receive a data container adapted to contain at least one content display parameter representing at least a portion of the search engine results, said module adapted to render said container as a function of the content display parameter;
a search engine module adapted to receive at least one search parameter, and to map at least one search result to the content display parameter; and
a view production module to produce a two dimensional image correlated to a prospective view of the virtual environment from a view point within the virtual environment;
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11. A method for presenting data query results in a virtual environment comprising:
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providing a data container to represent the data results;
receiving at least one data query result and applying at least a portion of said data query result to said data container; and
rendering a two dimensional image of the data container correlated to at least one prospective view of the data query result in the environment from at least one viewpoint within the environment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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