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Method and apparatus for providing a three-dimensional task gallery computer interface

  • US 7,921,376 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2009
  • Issued: 04/05/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of generating a display on a computer screen in a computer system, the method comprising:

  • defining a three-dimensional space comprising a floor, two side walls, a ceiling and a front wall;

    displaying movement of a task comprising an image of at least one application window for a program running on the computer system, the movement of the task such that the task moves downward along one of the two side walls in response to movement of an input device;

    displaying the task reaching an intersection of the one of the two side walls and the floor and displaying the task remaining on the one of the two side walls at the intersection while continuing to receive indications of movement of the input device; and

    determining that the movement of the input device after the task reaches the intersection is more than a certain distance and in response to said determining displaying movement of the task from the one of the two side walls to the floor.

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