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Icon display apparatus and method used therein

  • US 6,295,062 B1
  • Filed: 11/13/1998
  • Issued: 09/25/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An icon display apparatus for reducing data to icons and displaying the icons, wherein the data corresponds to items classified into a plurality of groups and to apparatus for processing the data, said icon display apparatus comprising:

  • storage means for storing the data;

    visualization means for visualizing the data as icons each representing an object in a multi-dimensional space; and

    display means for displaying said icons arranged in respective groups corresponding to attributes of the data in said multi-dimensional space;

    wherein said groups include a group having an attribute representing a transmission, and a group having an attribute representing a receiving.

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