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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsLance E. Good, Mark J. Stefik, Jock D. MacKinlay, Polle Zellweger, Patrick M. Baudisch
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Techniques for displaying contextual information in clipped views of two-dimensional workspaces are provided. A method for indicating an object includes: providing a workspace having a viewed space and a populated space, the viewed space being delineated by a border; determining an object in the populated space; determining a direction of the object from the viewed space; and indicating the object with an indicator on the border of the viewed space in the direction of the object. The distance of the object may determine the appearance of the indicator. The indicator may also show a user's interest. An object indicating system includes: an object determination circuit that determines an object in a populated space and a direction of the object from a viewed space; and an indicator mapping block that indicates the object with an indicator on a border of the viewed space in the direction of the object.
A method for indicating an object, comprising:
An object indicating system, comprising:
The system of claim 33, wherein the at least one indicator is indicated on an inner bound of border when the at least one object is within a predetermined distance, and on an outer bound of the border when the at least one object is not within the predetermined distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.