Method and apparatus for managing windows in three dimensions in a two dimensional windowing system
US6229542A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 10, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/04815
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Managing windows in a graphical user interface by receiving a signal indicating a gesture from a user, capturing pixels of a window, applying the captured pixels as a texture to a display object in a three dimensional window, and animating the display object to a first location in the three dimensional window corresponding to the window, when the gesture indicates deactivating the window. Further actions include moving the display object to a second location in the three dimensional window, displaying the window over the display object, and hiding the display object, when the gesture indicates activating the window.
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