Detail-in-context lenses for interacting with objects in digital image presentations
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- causing an image of a video game to be displayed, by a data processing system, on a display device;
distorting the image by the data processing system to produce a presentation having a distorted region that gives an appearance of a lens being incorporated within the image, the appearance of the lens having a magnified region that is surrounded by a shoulder region, wherein at least a portion of the image in the shoulder region has a magnification that is less than a magnification of the magnified region and greater than a magnification of the image; and
causing the distorted image having the appearance of the lens incorporated within the image to be displayed by the data processing system on the display device.
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Abstract
Methods for initiating an electronic shopping transaction, for initiating a control operation for a user-selectable video game character, for emphasizing an advertisement in a computer generated display, and for presenting multiple GUIs in desktop user interfaces using detail-in-context graphical distortions. The method for initiating an electronic shopping transaction, for a user-selectable item presented in a computer generated original image on a display, comprising: receiving a selection signal for the item from a user; distorting the original image to produce a distorted region for the item to provide the user with detailed information for the item; and, receiving a purchase signal for the item from the user.
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23 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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causing an image of a video game to be displayed, by a data processing system, on a display device; distorting the image by the data processing system to produce a presentation having a distorted region that gives an appearance of a lens being incorporated within the image, the appearance of the lens having a magnified region that is surrounded by a shoulder region, wherein at least a portion of the image in the shoulder region has a magnification that is less than a magnification of the magnified region and greater than a magnification of the image; and causing the distorted image having the appearance of the lens incorporated within the image to be displayed by the data processing system on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20)
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- 12. A tangible computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising a video game configured to distort an image of the video game to produce a presentation having a distorted region that gives an appearance of a lens being incorporated within the image, the appearance of the lens having a magnified region that is surrounded by a shoulder region, wherein at least a portion of the image in the shoulder region has a magnification that is less than a magnification of the magnified region and greater than a magnification of the image.
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