Method of providing virtual reality based three-dimensional interface for web object searches and real-time metadata representations and web search system using the three-dimensional interface
First Claim
1. A web search system that provides a virtual reality-based three-dimensional web search interface, the web search system comprising:
- an input and output interface unit that displays a three-dimensional object comprising a plurality of nodes each to which an information page is linked and a plurality of links that connect the plurality of nodes, respectively, in a three-dimensional form, either static or spinning, and that displays an information page that is linked to the node according to a user input;
a metadata processor that visually displays the node and the link based on metadata that are linked to visual attributes of the plurality of nodes and the plurality of links,wherein the metadata comprises retained data, that is stored in connection with at least one of the plurality of nodes or at least one of the plurality of links; and
a web server comprising a controller that controls the input and output interface and the metadata processor to provide a virtual reality-based three-dimensional web search interface to a user and that obtains a corresponding information page according to a user selection through the input and output interface to provide the information page through the input and output interface unit,wherein the input and output interface unit comprises;
a Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) or X3D browser that visualizes a file comprising the three-dimensional object that is constructed in a virtual reality form into a screen of an actual three-dimension based on a user manipulation;
a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document output device that outputs an information page that is linked to a node in which a user selects on the three-dimensional web search interface on a screen; and
a web browser comprising a node filter requirement input device that receives information reading filter conditions in which a user selects to transfer the conditions to the VRML or X3D browser.
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Abstract
A method of providing a virtual reality-based three-dimensional interface for a web object search and a real time metadata representations and a web search system using the three-dimensional interface thereof are provided. In this method, a plurality of nodes each in which a node identification label string to which an information page is linked is together written and a plurality of links connecting the plurality of nodes, respectively, are displayed in a three-dimensional form that is either static or spinning. Thereafter, by performing an action of reduction, enlargement, movement, rotation, expanding, hiding, removal, and addition in a three-dimensional object that is formed with the node and the link that are displayed in the three-dimensional form according to a user input, the three-dimensional object is displayed or an information page that is linked to a node that is selected by the user is displayed.
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19 Claims
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1. A web search system that provides a virtual reality-based three-dimensional web search interface, the web search system comprising:
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an input and output interface unit that displays a three-dimensional object comprising a plurality of nodes each to which an information page is linked and a plurality of links that connect the plurality of nodes, respectively, in a three-dimensional form, either static or spinning, and that displays an information page that is linked to the node according to a user input; a metadata processor that visually displays the node and the link based on metadata that are linked to visual attributes of the plurality of nodes and the plurality of links, wherein the metadata comprises retained data, that is stored in connection with at least one of the plurality of nodes or at least one of the plurality of links; and a web server comprising a controller that controls the input and output interface and the metadata processor to provide a virtual reality-based three-dimensional web search interface to a user and that obtains a corresponding information page according to a user selection through the input and output interface to provide the information page through the input and output interface unit, wherein the input and output interface unit comprises; a Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) or X3D browser that visualizes a file comprising the three-dimensional object that is constructed in a virtual reality form into a screen of an actual three-dimension based on a user manipulation; a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document output device that outputs an information page that is linked to a node in which a user selects on the three-dimensional web search interface on a screen; and
a web browser comprising a node filter requirement input device that receives information reading filter conditions in which a user selects to transfer the conditions to the VRML or X3D browser. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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