Multi-user collaborative circular graphical user interfaces
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1. A multi-user collaborative graphical user interface for displaying items, comprising;
- a transformation engine responsive to external commands received from any of a plurality of users touching displayed items to manipulate the displayed items, for generating polar coordinates for each displayed item;
an asynchronous rendering engine for generating images of the displayed items according to the polar coordinates, in which the items are displayed as a plurality of layers, and wherein the layers include a pop-up layer, control layer, a selected image layer, a deformation grid, and a background layer; and
a thread switching engine for controlling the rendering engine.
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A multi-user collaborative circular graphical user interface for displaying items includes a transformation engine responsive to external command, such as mouse clicks, for generating polar coordinates for the items, an asynchronous rendering engine for generating images of the items according to the polar coordinates, and a thread switching engine for controlling the rendering engine.
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1. A multi-user collaborative graphical user interface for displaying items, comprising;
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a transformation engine responsive to external commands received from any of a plurality of users touching displayed items to manipulate the displayed items, for generating polar coordinates for each displayed item;
an asynchronous rendering engine for generating images of the displayed items according to the polar coordinates, in which the items are displayed as a plurality of layers, and wherein the layers include a pop-up layer, control layer, a selected image layer, a deformation grid, and a background layer; and
a thread switching engine for controlling the rendering engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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