POSITION BASED MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LOCATING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20090055776A1
• Filed: 08/15/2008
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 9224-5489 Quebec Inc., Maya-Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: 9224-5489 Quebec Inc.
• Inventors: Audet, Mathieu
• Application Number:
  US12/192,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20090055776A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/835
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/34 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A tangible machine-readable media having encoded machine-executable instructions adapted to provide a method for displaying arrays of user-selectable elements is described, the method comprising: receiving instructions providing data about a geographical and/or celestial position; and displaying an array of user-selectable elements, the array of user-selectable elements being adapted to group user-selectable elements related to the position. A system and an interface providing position related array of user-selectable elements is also described. An array of user-selectable elements separating user-selectable elements in portions of time and displaying advertising is similarly disclosed therein.

Claims

1. One or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform a method comprising:

receiving instructions that provides data about a position; and

displaying an array of user-selectable elements, the array of user-selectable elements being adapted to group user-selectable elements related to the position.

2. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein at least some of the user-selectable elements are adapted to be associated with attributes, at least some of the attributes being adapted to be selectable.

3. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein the array is a substantially longitudinal alignment of user-selectable elements.

4. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 3, wherein the user-selectable elements are disposed along a timeline.

5. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein at least some of the user-selectable elements are a computer files.

6. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein at least some of the user-selectable elements are a documents.

7. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein at least some of the user-selectable elements are a multimedia assets.

8. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein an altitude, from which a map adapted to display the position, is adapted to discriminate the user-selectable elements.

9. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein an altitude, from which a map adapted to display the position, is adapted to discriminate an attribute.

10. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein the array of user-selectable elements is a first array of user-selectable elements and wherein the method further comprises:

displaying a second array of user-selectable elements, the array of user-selectable elements being adapted to group user-selectable elements.

11. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 10, wherein the second array of user-selectable elements is displayable at an angle with respect with the first array of user-selectable elements.

12. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 10, wherein the second array of user-selectable elements is displayable parallel with respect to the first array of user-selectable elements.

13. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein the position is adapted to comprise an azimuth.

14. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein the position is adapted to comprise an angle from the horizon.

15. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein the position is a celestial position.

16. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein the position is a geographical position.

17. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein the array of user-selectable elements is graphically associated with the position.

18. The one or more tangible machine-readable media having executable machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform the method of claim 1, wherein at least one user-selectable element is graphically associated with the position.

19. One or more tangible machine-readable media having machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, causes the data processing system to perform the method comprising:

displaying an array of user-selectable elements, the array of user-selectable elements defining a past portion, a present portion and a future portion.

20. One or more tangible machine-readable media having machine-executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a data processing system, causes the data processing system to perform the method comprising:

associating an advertising with an attribute;

receiving instructions about the selection of the attribute;

displaying an array of user-selectable elements, the array of user-selectable elements grouping user-selectable element having the attribute in common; and

displaying the advertising in conjunction with the array of user.