SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE

• US 20080148189A1
• Filed: 09/25/2007
• Published: 06/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telefirma, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Telefirma, Inc.
• Inventors: Szent-Miklosy, Istvan
• Application Number:
  US11/860,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20080148189A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/848
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for providing a user with a convenient and intuitive user interface for performing tasks within projects, wherein the tasks may be related to content objects; for organizing content objects within projects, between projects, and with respect to one another; and for organizing projects with respect to one another.

Claims

1. A method for allowing a user to interact with one or more resources of a computer system, comprising:

providing a tower-based visual representation of a plurality of workspaces disposed in apparent physical adjacency to each other;

disposing at least two of the workspaces vertically in the visual representation; and

presenting at least one of the workspaces to the user in a 3D visualization to resemble a physical room.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein upon a shift of the viewpoint of a user of the visual representation, the user is presented with a continuous perceptual representation of the workspaces.

3. A method for allowing a user to interact with one or more resources of a computer system, comprising:

providing a workspace in which a user can interact with one or more content objects; and

enforcing an action grammar for actions associated with the workspace, whereby movement of content objects within the workspace occurs only in response to a user action.

4. A method for allowing a user to interact with one or more resources of a computer system, comprising:

enabling a change of viewpoint within the visual representation of a plurality of workspaces; and

presenting the change in viewpoint from one workspace to another workspace to the user in a manner that corresponds to the view a user would experience if the user were to make a movement in the physical world.

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