Sequentially navigated object oriented computer system
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1. An object based computer system comprising:
- at least one computer programmed to support objects; and
a plurality of objects associated with said at least one computer, said plurality of objects comprising;
a plurality of semantic objects;
at least one viewer, the at least one viewer linked to one of the plurality of semantic objects; and
a sequence object having a stored navigational path data, the navigational path data being a temporal ordered listing of at least one of the semantic objects of the plurality of semantic objects, the sequence object linked to the at least one viewer to provide the navigational path data in a controlled manner to the at least one viewer so that the at least one viewer can navigate along a particular path, the temporal ordered listing of the at least one of the semantic objects of the plurality of semantic objects which comprise the navigational path data of the sequence object so that the at least one viewer can follow the particular path and view the at least one semantic object therealong.
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Abstract
An object based computer system has viewers which may be directed around the object world of the system between semantic objects. The system includes a sequence object that has a path list specifying a path around a sequence of semantic objects of system. Each viewer can be linked to the sequence object to access the path list held by the latter, thereby enabling the viewer to follow the corresponding sequence of semantic objects, viewing each in turn.
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1. An object based computer system comprising:
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at least one computer programmed to support objects; and a plurality of objects associated with said at least one computer, said plurality of objects comprising; a plurality of semantic objects; at least one viewer, the at least one viewer linked to one of the plurality of semantic objects; and a sequence object having a stored navigational path data, the navigational path data being a temporal ordered listing of at least one of the semantic objects of the plurality of semantic objects, the sequence object linked to the at least one viewer to provide the navigational path data in a controlled manner to the at least one viewer so that the at least one viewer can navigate along a particular path, the temporal ordered listing of the at least one of the semantic objects of the plurality of semantic objects which comprise the navigational path data of the sequence object so that the at least one viewer can follow the particular path and view the at least one semantic object therealong. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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