METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL TASK GALLERY COMPUTER INTERFACE
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Abstract
The present invention provides a three-dimensional user interface for a computer system that allows a user to combine and store a group of windows as a task. The image of each task can be positioned within a three-dimensional environment such that the user may utilize spatial memory in order remember where a particular task is located.
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40 Claims
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21. A method comprising:
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displaying a three-dimensional space having at cast a ceiling, a floor, and a stage; displaying a task on the stage; and displaying a dimmed image in the three-dimensional space, using a computer processor, at a location apart from the stage while the task is displayed on the stage, the dimmed image showing an appearance of the task before it was moved to the stage. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A device comprising:
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a display component that displays a three-dimensional space from a perspective of a virtual camera, the three-dimensional space having at least a ceiling and a floor, and displays a task in the three-dimensional space, a glancing control component that receives a glancing control input and, in response to the glancing control input, performs a glancing operation in which an animation is played that appears as if the virtual camera rotates within the three-dimensional space from a first position to a second position, holds the second position for a period of time, and then automatically rotates back to the first position; and one or more computer processors, being a functional part of the device, and activated by the display component and glancing control component to facilitate displaying the three-dimensional space and performing the glancing operation. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method comprising:
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displaying a three-dimensional space having at least a ceiling and a floor; displaying a stand beneath a task in the three-dimensional space, the stand visually connecting the task to the floor; expanding the stand as the task is moved away from the floor toward the ceiling, such that the stand continues to visually connect the task to the floor; and removing the stand from beneath the task. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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