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AssigneeSilicon Graphics, Inc.
InventorsGordon Paul Kurtenbach, George William Fitzmaurice, Ravin Balakrishnan
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The present invention is a system that manages a volumetric display using volume windows. The volume windows have the typical functions, such as minimize, resize, etc., which operate in a volume. When initiated by an application a volume window is assigned to the application in a volume window data structure. Application data produced by the application is assigned to the windows responsive to which applications are assigned to which windows in the volume window data structure. Input events are assigned to the windows responsive to whether they are spatial or non-spatial. Spatial events are assigned to the window surrounding the event or cursor where a policy resolves situations where more than one window surrounds the cursor. Non-spatial events are assigned to the active or working window.
A method of managing a volumetric display, comprising:
A method of managing a volumetric display, comprising:
A computer readable storage controlling a computer by creating one or more volume windows in a volumetric display, and providing application data to the windows corresponding to one or more applications assigned to each of the windows.
An apparatus, comprising:
A display, comprising:
A volumetric display data structure readable by a computer and controlling production of a volumetric display by the computer, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.