Interactive context preserved navigation of graphical data sets using multiple physical tags

• US 7,089,288 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2004
• Issued: 08/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Gujar, Anuj Uday, Want, Roy, Gossweiler, Richard C. III, Fishkin, Kenneth P., Harrison, Beverly L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Donaghue, Larry D.
• Application Number:
  US10/958,918
• Publication Number:
  US 20050050154A1
• Time in Patent Office: 672 Days
• Field of Search: 345/654, 345/655, 345/679, 345/680, 715/755, 715850-854
• US Class Current: 709/208
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/002 Specific input/output arrangements not covered by G06F3/01 - G06F3/16 other optical apparatus G02B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

A system for N-space navigation of digital data sets. The system includes an electronic tag having a digitally readable identifier, an electronic tag reader configured to read the identifier of the electronic tag, and a computing system connected to the electronic tag reader to provide digital navigation services of N-space data sets in response to reading the identifier of the electronic tag. The computing system generates at least one transitional data point in N-space for output between a currently displayed start point and a target point referenced by the identifier.

Claims

1. A system for N-space navigation of digital data sets, the system comprising:

an electronic tag having a digitally readable identifier

an electronic tag reader configured to read the identifier of the electronic tag,

a computing system connected to the electronic tag reader to provide digital navigation services of N-space data sets in response to reading the identifier of the electronic tag, with the computing system generating at least one transitional data point in N-space for output between a currently displayed start point and a target point referenced by the identifier.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the N-space data set is a graphical data set.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the N-space data set is a document data set.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic tag is premarked.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic tag presents a surface for user defined annotation.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic tag is read by the electronic tag reader through a wireless connection.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the wireless connection operates at radiofrequencies.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the wireless connection is infrared.