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Automatically designed three-dimensional graphical environments for information discovery and visualization

  • US 7,146,576 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2001
  • Issued: 12/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for browsing a plurality of data objects displayed within a three-dimensional graphical environment comprising:

  • providing a plurality of selectable data object arrangement schemes;

    grouping corresponding images representing the data objects within the environment dependent on a selected one of the schemes;

    wherein grouping representative images further comprising partitioning the three-dimensional graphical environment into three-dimensional bounded areas in a single plane and displaying related groups of representative images within the areas, wherein representative images are related dependent on the selected scheme; and

    determining a size of each area dependent on a number of representative images within each group.

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