Rotationally dependent information in a three dimensional graphical user interface
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1. A method comprising:
- computing equipment, executing at least one program stored in one or more storage devices, identifying a digital object having N sides along a directional axis;
computing equipment, executing at least one program stored in one or more storage devices, identifying M sets of content, wherein each set of content has a semantic meaning unrelated to graphical properties needed to visually render the digital object within a visual user interface, wherein a sequential ordering exists among the M sets of content;
computing equipment, executing at least one program stored in one or more storage devices, displaying the digital object in the visual user interface; and
computing equipment, executing at least one program stored in one or more storage devices, rotating the digital object within the visual user interface along the directional axis, which results in different ones of the N number of sides being sequentially displayed for the digital object within the visual interface,computing equipment, executing at least one program stored in one or more storage devices, displaying a data display item that shows one of the M sets of content, wherein the display data item is a displayed graphic element of the visual user interface distinct from the digital object, wherein each sequential increment of the N sides per the rotating results in a sequential increment through the order of the M sets of content being displayed in the data display item, wherein each change to one of the N sides per the rotating results in a corresponding change in the visually presented one of the M sets of content within the data display item, wherein a quantity of the M sets is different from a quantity of N sides.
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Abstract
A method for presenting digital objects in a electronic space that corresponds to a physical analog having N sides along a directional axis. The digital object can be rotated in an electronic space along the directional axis. A visual rendering of the rotated object is presented within a display, with a number of sides different than N. Accordingly, digital objects can be overloaded with information in a rotationally dependent manner.
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1. A method comprising:
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computing equipment, executing at least one program stored in one or more storage devices, identifying a digital object having N sides along a directional axis; computing equipment, executing at least one program stored in one or more storage devices, identifying M sets of content, wherein each set of content has a semantic meaning unrelated to graphical properties needed to visually render the digital object within a visual user interface, wherein a sequential ordering exists among the M sets of content; computing equipment, executing at least one program stored in one or more storage devices, displaying the digital object in the visual user interface; and computing equipment, executing at least one program stored in one or more storage devices, rotating the digital object within the visual user interface along the directional axis, which results in different ones of the N number of sides being sequentially displayed for the digital object within the visual interface, computing equipment, executing at least one program stored in one or more storage devices, displaying a data display item that shows one of the M sets of content, wherein the display data item is a displayed graphic element of the visual user interface distinct from the digital object, wherein each sequential increment of the N sides per the rotating results in a sequential increment through the order of the M sets of content being displayed in the data display item, wherein each change to one of the N sides per the rotating results in a corresponding change in the visually presented one of the M sets of content within the data display item, wherein a quantity of the M sets is different from a quantity of N sides. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for presenting digital objects within a computing interface comprising:
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displaying an N sided digital object in a visual user interface along with a data display item that shows one of a set of content from M sets of content, wherein the display data item is a displayed graphic element of the visual user interface that is distinct from the digital object, wherein each set of content has a semantic meaning unrelated to graphical properties needed to visually render the digital object within the visual user interface, wherein a sequential ordering exists among the M sets of content; receiving a user selection to rotate the digital object along a designated axis to another of the N sides, where each time one of the N sides is presented in the visual user interface, one of the M sets of content is also presented within the data display item, wherein each sequential increment of the N sides results in a sequential increment through the order of the M sets of content and results in a corresponding change in the visually presented on of the M sets of content in the data display item; visually rendering the digital object responsive to the receiving step so that a digital representation of the rotated object is approximately equivalent to a representation for a physical analog of the digital object when the physical analog is rotated in a corresponding fashion; and providing a user selectable mechanism to rotate the digital object in the visual interface in an alternate fashion, wherein when the user selectable mechanism is selected and a rotation occurs, an alternate sequential ordering and presentation of the M sets within the visual user interface of data results, wherein a quantity of the M sets is different from a quantity of N sides. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computing device comprising:
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one or more storage devices; program instructions stored on the one or more storage devices, said program instructions executing on hardware of the computing device to provide a graphical user interface, said graphical user interface comprising; a N sided digital object which is rotatable within the graphical user interface responsive to a user selection; a data display item for displaying one of M sets of content; the M sets of content, wherein each set of content has a semantic meaning unrelated to graphical properties needed to visually render the digital object within the graphical user interface, wherein a sequential ordering exists among the M sets of content; and a set of rotational controls, wherein a selection of one of the rotational controls results in the digital object being rotated by one side such that a cycle of N selections of the rotational control rotates the digital object back to an originally presented side wherein each sequential increment of the N sides results in a corresponding sequential increment through the order of the M sets of content as displayed in the data display item, wherein a quantity of the M sets is different from a quantity of N sides. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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