Method and system for displaying conventional hypermedia files in a 3D viewing environment
US6724407B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9577
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and a software program running on a server computer coupled to a network, such as the internet, includes a three-dimensional (3D) viewing environment generating module. When a resource locator identifying a requested hypermedia resource, probably input by a pc user logged onto the network, is received from the network by a server computer, the 3D viewing environment generating module generates a 3D viewing environment corresponding to and preferably including the requested hypermedia resource. The 3D viewing environment is sent over the network to the user's pc enabling the user to view the requested hypermedia resource in an overlay 3D viewing environment, probably already running on the user's pc. A software program also provides instructions for a computer running a 3D browser to provide a viewing environment in a 3D space having one or more displays including a conventional hypermedia resource identifiable by a conventional resource locator. One or more additional displays may also be provided in the same viewing environment, wherein the additional displays each show an auxiliary hypermedia resource fetched from the network. A request may be generated for the 3D viewin…
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