System and method to configure and provide a network-enabled three-dimensional computing environment
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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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Abstract
A computer network-based system and method to configure and provide network-enabled three-dimensional computing environments is disclosed.
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1. A method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A data processing system-readable medium having a plurality of instructions executable by a data processing system embodied therein, wherein said instructions when executed cause said data processing system to:
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provide 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; receive a two-dimensional web page from a Web server over the Internet; convert the two-dimensional web page to a form useable in the three-dimensional computing environment; and present 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 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. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A data processing system, comprising
a processor; a memory coupled to the processor for storing instructions, which when executed from the memory, cause the processor to perform a method, the method including 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; andpresenting 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. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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