Operator icons for information collages
US6326946A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 17, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0425
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An enhanced information collage that combines a computational system with a physical information collage to preserve the advantages of conventional information collages while alleviating many problems associated with such collages. A physical information collage (e.g. a pin board with spatially differentiated pin mounted task cards, each card having a detectable identity tag) can be made part of a computational system by sensing the identity, position, and contents of the collage component artifacts. In effect, each collage component has its content and position stored in a database, with movement of a particular component resulting in update of the database to record the new position of that component. Further provided are Operator Icon components which may be used to provide digital services, such as combining, erasing, saving, or transferring, to other collage components.
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