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Document display system for organizing and displaying documents as screen objects organized along strand paths

  • US 5,499,330 A
  • Filed: 09/17/1993
  • Issued: 03/12/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for displaying documents, comprising:

  • a computer controlled display device;

    means for displaying a strand of documents on said display device, said strand having a parent document and one or more child documents, said parent document represented on said display device by a screen object, each one of said child documents represented on said display device by a screen object displayed on a strand path, said strand path consisting of a two dimensional line through a three dimensional virtual display space in which said parent document and said child documents are arranged;

    said parent document including a strand function, said strand function being an attribute having a value equal to a script representation of a mathematical equation which when interpreted and executed outputs the coordinates of said strand path; and

    each one of said child documents identified by an entry in a child document list contained within said parent document, each entry in said child document list containing a unique identifier for one of said child documents.

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