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System and method to configure and provide a network-enabled three-dimensional computing environment

  • US 7,168,051 B2
  • Filed: 12/20/2000
  • Issued: 01/23/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing a three-dimensional (3D) computing environment representing a 3D desktop of a first computer system in a 3D environment, wherein one or more icons of the desktop are displayed on a plurality of surfaces of the 3D desktop;

    receiving a two-dimensional web page from a Web server over the Internet;

    converting the two-dimensional web page to a form useable in the three-dimensional computing environment; and

    presenting the converted web page in the 3D desktop to allow a first user of the first computer system to navigate content of the converted web page in a 3D manner, including displaying at least a portion of the content of the converted web page in a persistent client window of the 3D desktop that is persistent even if a connection between the first computer system and the Internet has been terminated.

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