System for displaying hierarchical information
First Claim
1. A method of displaying hierarchical information, comprisingdisplaying a first plurality of icons aligned in a first arc course on a display device, the first arc course displayed as a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional arc course in a first plane;
- selecting one of said first plurality of icons using a user input device;
rotating said first plurality of icons to position said selected one of said first plurality of icons to a front position of said first arc course towards an observer in response to said selecting to define a first selection indicator;
displaying a second plurality of icons aligned along a second-level arc course, said second-level arc course displayed as a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional arc course in a second plane, said second-level arc course displayed stacked adjacent to, and positioned co-axial with said first arc course and said second plurality of icons representing sub-hierarchical data for said first selection indicator;
wherein the first and second arc courses are displayed using a two-dimensional visualization of three-dimensional co-axial arc courses that are separated from each other by a distance measured approximately orthogonal to the first and second planes, and the first and second arc courses having approximately identical radii of curvature along their respective lengths.
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Abstract
A system of displaying hierarchical information in a user interface includes displaying a first plurality of icons aligned in a first arc course on a display device, selecting one of the first plurality of icons using a user input device, rotating the first plurality of icons to position the selected one of the first plurality of icons to a front position of the first arc course in response to the selecting to define a first selection indicator and displaying a second plurality of icons aligned along a second-level arc course, the second-level arc course displayed adjacent to and positioned co-axial with the first arc course, and the second plurality of icons representing sub-hierarchical data for the first selection indicator.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of displaying hierarchical information, comprising
displaying a first plurality of icons aligned in a first arc course on a display device, the first arc course displayed as a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional arc course in a first plane; -
selecting one of said first plurality of icons using a user input device; rotating said first plurality of icons to position said selected one of said first plurality of icons to a front position of said first arc course towards an observer in response to said selecting to define a first selection indicator; displaying a second plurality of icons aligned along a second-level arc course, said second-level arc course displayed as a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional arc course in a second plane, said second-level arc course displayed stacked adjacent to, and positioned co-axial with said first arc course and said second plurality of icons representing sub-hierarchical data for said first selection indicator; wherein the first and second arc courses are displayed using a two-dimensional visualization of three-dimensional co-axial arc courses that are separated from each other by a distance measured approximately orthogonal to the first and second planes, and the first and second arc courses having approximately identical radii of curvature along their respective lengths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14)
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11. The method of 1, further comprising:
selecting a detail pane associated with one of said first plurality of icons to display associated information.
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15. An apparatus for displaying hierarchical information, comprising:
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a display device to display a first plurality of icons aligned in a first arc course displayed as a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional arc course in a first plane; a user input device to enable a user to select one of said first plurality of icons; and a network-attached storage (NAS) server configured to visually rotate said first plurality of icons to position said selected one of said first plurality of icons to a front position on said display device in response to a user selecting said one of said first plurality of icons, said one of said first plurality of icons thus defined as a first selection indicator, said NAS server further configured to display a second plurality of icons aligned along a second-level arc course, said second-level arc course displayed as a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional arc course in a second plane and stacked adjacent to and positioned co-axial with said first arc course and said second plurality of icons representing sub-hierarchical data for said first selection indicator; wherein the first and second arc courses represent two-dimensional visualization of three-dimensional co-axial arc courses separated by a distance measured approximately orthogonal to the first and second planes, and the first and second arc courses having approximately identical radii of curvature along their respective lengths. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of displaying hierarchical information to configure a RAID array and NAS server site, comprising:
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displaying a first plurality of icons aligned in a first arc course, said first arc course displayed as a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional arc course in a first plane on a display device, at least one of said first plurality of icons representing a plurality of memory storage devices in communication with a NAS server; selecting said at least one of said first plurality of icons using a user input device; rotating said first plurality of icons to position said selected one of said first plurality of icons to a front position of said first arc course in response to said selecting; and displaying a second plurality of icons aligned along a second-level arc course, said second-level arc course displayed as a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional arc course in a second plane and stacked adjacent to and positioned co-axial with said first arc course, and each of said second plurality of icons representing a respective memory storage device; wherein the first and second arc courses are displayed using a two-dimensional visualization of three-dimensional co-axial arc courses that are separated from each other by a distance measured approximately orthogonal to the first and second planes, and the first and second arc courses having approximately identical radii of curvature along their respective lengths. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method of displaying hierarchical information, comprising:
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displaying a top-level icon representing subject matter of a collective hierarchical information; displaying a first plurality of icons aligned in a first arc course on a display device, the first arc course orbiting about the top-level icon; selecting one of said first plurality of icons using a user input device; rotating said first plurality of icons to position said selected one of said first plurality of icons to a front position of said first arc course in response to said selecting to define a first selection indicator; displaying a second plurality of icons aligned along a second-level arc course, said second-level arc course displayed stacked adjacent to, and positioned co-axial with said first arc course and said second plurality of icons representing sub-hierarchical data for said first selection indicator, wherein said first and second arc courses are displayed as two-dimensional representations of respective three-dimensional arc courses that are separated from each other by a distance, and the first and second arc courses having approximately identical radii of curvature along their respective lengths.
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Specification