Information display
First Claim
1. A method for organizing and presenting material content on a display to a viewer, the method comprising:
- mapping a plurality of display windows within a virtual three-dimensional space so that each display window is allocated a specific and predetermined position in the space, rendering each display window in three-dimensional perspective according to its position and angle relative to a viewer'"'"'s virtual position in the virtual space, cross-referencing the position of each display window to a storage location of the material content that is designated to be rendered in that particular display window at a particular time based on at least one predetermined condition, allocating at least part of the three-dimensional virtual space to display windows whose content is not chosen or determined by the viewer, selecting, retrieving and preparing material content for possible subsequent display, according to a predetermined algorithm, selecting and rendering prepared material content within its cross-referenced display window, according to a predetermined algorithm, providing a means of virtual navigation that changes the viewer'"'"'s position in the space in such a manner as to simulate movement through a plurality of predefined channels in the virtual space.
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Abstract
A method for organizing and presenting material content on a display to a viewer, the method comprising: mapping a plurality of display windows within a virtual three-dimensional space so that each display window is allocated a specific and predetermined position in the space, rendering each display window in three-dimensional perspective according to its position and angle relative to a viewer'"'"'s virtual position in the virtual space, cross-referencing the position of each display window to a storage location of the material content that is designated to be rendered in that particular display window at a particular time based on at least one predetermined condition, allocating at least part of the three-dimensional virtual space to display windows whose content is not chosen or determined by the viewer, selecting, retrieving and preparing material content for possible subsequent display according to a predetermined algorithm, selecting and rendering prepared material content within its cross-referenced display window according to a predetermined algorithm, providing a means of virtual navigation that changes the viewer'"'"'s position in the space in such a manner as to simulate movement through a plurality of predefined channels in the virtual space.
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Citations
83 Claims
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1. A method for organizing and presenting material content on a display to a viewer, the method comprising:
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mapping a plurality of display windows within a virtual three-dimensional space so that each display window is allocated a specific and predetermined position in the space, rendering each display window in three-dimensional perspective according to its position and angle relative to a viewer'"'"'s virtual position in the virtual space, cross-referencing the position of each display window to a storage location of the material content that is designated to be rendered in that particular display window at a particular time based on at least one predetermined condition, allocating at least part of the three-dimensional virtual space to display windows whose content is not chosen or determined by the viewer, selecting, retrieving and preparing material content for possible subsequent display, according to a predetermined algorithm, selecting and rendering prepared material content within its cross-referenced display window, according to a predetermined algorithm, providing a means of virtual navigation that changes the viewer'"'"'s position in the space in such a manner as to simulate movement through a plurality of predefined channels in the virtual space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83)
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55. Apparatus for organizing and presenting material content on a display to a viewer, the apparatus comprising:
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a display, means for mapping a plurality of display windows within a three-dimensional virtual space so that each display window is allocated a specific and predetermined position, means for rendering each display window in three-dimensional perspective according to its position and angle relative to the viewer'"'"'s position in the virtual space, means for cross referencing the position of each display window to the network address or storage location of the material content that is designated to be rendered in that particular display window at a particular time based on at least one predetermined condition, means for selecting, retrieving and preparing material content for possible subsequent display, according to a predetermined algorithm means for selecting and rendering prepared material content within its cross-referenced display window, according to a predetermined algorithm means for navigation controlled by the viewer that changes the viewer'"'"'s position in such a manner as to simulate movement through a plurality of predefined channels in the virtual space. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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- 58. A virtual space manager comprising a content configurator that includes the interface for the creation, maintenance and updating of the configuration, which incorporates a plurality of cross references of content material to render in display windows.
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68. A browser for organizing and presenting material content on a display to a viewer, comprising one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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mapping a plurality of display windows within a virtual three-dimensional space so that each display window is allocated a specific and predetermined position in the space, rendering each display window in three-dimensional perspective according to its position and angle relative to a viewer'"'"'s virtual position in the virtual space, cross-referencing the position of each display window to a network address or storage location of the material content that is designated to be rendered in that particular display window at a particular time based on at least one predetermined condition, allocating at least part of the three-dimensional virtual space to display windows whose content is not chosen or determined by the viewer, selecting, retrieving and preparing material content for possible subsequent display, according to a predetermined algorithm, selecting and rendering prepared material content within its cross-referenced display window, according to a predetermined algorithm, providing a means of virtual navigation that changes the viewer'"'"'s position in the space in such a manner as to simulate movement through a plurality of predefined channels in the virtual space. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71)
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72. A browser for retrieving pages of material content over a computer network, comprising:
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means for selecting material content for display, according to a predetermined algorithm, means for cross-referencing the position of each display window to a storage location of selected material content based on at least one predetermined condition, means for allocating at least part of a three-dimensional virtual space to display windows whose content is not chosen or determined by the viewer, and means for retrieving and rendering selected material content within its cross-referenced display window, according to a predetermined algorithm.
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73. A method of facilitating the navigation and display of material content, the method comprising
providing a means for performing the steps of: -
mapping a plurality of display windows within a virtual three-dimensional space so that each display window is allocated a specific position in the space;
rendering each display window in three-dimensional perspective according to its position and angle relative to a viewer'"'"'s virtual position in the virtual space;
cross-referencing the position of each display window to a storage location of the material content that is designated to be rendered in that particular display window at a particular time based on at least one predetermined condition;
allocating at least part of the three-dimensional virtual space to display windows whose content is not chosen or determined by the viewer;
selecting, retrieving and preparing material content for possible subsequent display;
selecting and rendering prepared material content within its cross-referenced display window;
providing virtual navigation that changes the viewer'"'"'s position in the space to simulate movement through a plurality of channels in the virtual space;
receiving a financial payment from a third party content provider; and
granting, to the third party content provider, a right to specify a network address or storage location of the material content. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 81)
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