Method and system for a four-dimensional temporal visualization data browser
First Claim
1. A system to interactively access and analyze temporal data relationships that change over time, the system comprising:
- one or more 4D portal storage mediums containing 4D portal information, the 4D portal information representing at least three spatial dimensions and a time dimension;
one or more 4D browser programs adapted to access the one or more 4D portal storage mediums and convert the 4D portal information into one or more 4D objects to be rendered in a 3D scene, wherein the one or more 4D browser programs are further adapted to use the 4D portal information to render and manipulate at least one of a temporal and spatial manifestation of the one or more 4D objects independent of the 3D scene, and wherein the one or more 4D portal browser programs are further adapted to enable a user to simulate traveling back and forth through the time dimension to represent the 4D object at one or more particular times; and
one or more 4D portal windows adapted to receive and display the 4D objects in the 3D scene.
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Abstract
A method and system for accessing data from information databanks in all four dimensions, providing the ability to interactively experience and naturally visualize the temporal progression of important data components, their attributes and most importantly their dynamically changing inter-relationships. The method and system builds 4D portals into information databanks, through which computer-generated 4D worlds are served to users in a 4D browser, which can be naturally experienced in both temporal and spatial context to derive knowledge from the dataset. This 4D browser-server-portal system provides access to information both temporally and spatially, wherein the progression of dynamic information over time can be visually analyzed and utilized on a wide range of industry and research applications.
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39 Claims
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1. A system to interactively access and analyze temporal data relationships that change over time, the system comprising:
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one or more 4D portal storage mediums containing 4D portal information, the 4D portal information representing at least three spatial dimensions and a time dimension; one or more 4D browser programs adapted to access the one or more 4D portal storage mediums and convert the 4D portal information into one or more 4D objects to be rendered in a 3D scene, wherein the one or more 4D browser programs are further adapted to use the 4D portal information to render and manipulate at least one of a temporal and spatial manifestation of the one or more 4D objects independent of the 3D scene, and wherein the one or more 4D portal browser programs are further adapted to enable a user to simulate traveling back and forth through the time dimension to represent the 4D object at one or more particular times; and one or more 4D portal windows adapted to receive and display the 4D objects in the 3D scene. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for generating a temporally and spatially manipulatable 4D portal from one or more information databases, comprising:
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identifying a representative set of 4D object types from the one or more information databases; defining spatial manifestations for each 4D object type; organizing the 4D object types and spatial manifestations into a set of 4D object definitions; creating a 3D visual model for each 4D object type; creating one or more 4D objects in a 3D scene based on the 4D object definitions; and rendering and manipulating at least one of a temporal and spatial manifestation of the one or more 4D objects independent of the 3D scene. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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