Display of pointing indicator within two-dimensional window display in three dimensions on a computer screen
US6411292B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/04815
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer display system, method and article of manufacture are presented allowing a user to interactively arrange two-dimensional windows for display in three dimensions on a two-dimensional display screen of the computer system. A window manager associated with the display screen is configured to respond to a user's selection of a frame edge of a window, e.g., using a third mouse button, by rotating the window from a two-dimensional depiction to a three-dimensional depiction. Rotation of the window occurs on an edge frame opposite to the selected edge frame and the rotation angle is related to the magnitude that the user drags the pointing device after selection of one edge frame of the window to be swung. In a similar manner, a pointing indicator is superimposed within the rotated window for tracking within the rotated coordinates of the window in response to user manipulation of an associated pointing device.
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