Displaying visual content using multiple nodes
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorBLAISE AGUERA y ARCAS
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Abstract
Display of visual content is disclosed which utilizes nodes that launch only when necessary. The nodes may be rendered and/or displayed in the coordinate system of another node, perhaps a parent node, when appropriate.
Claims19
A method of displaying visual content organized into nodes, the method comprising:
- displaying visual content of a first node, wherein the first node contains information indicative of its own coordinate system, and wherein the first node is displayed in its own coordinate system until a predetermined navigation condition occurs;
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- displaying visual content of the first node in a coordinate system of a second node after the predetermined navigation condition occurs, wherein the coordinate system of the second node differs from the coordinate system of the first node.
A method of substantially simultaneously displaying visual content associated with each of a plurality of nodes, each node having its own coordinate system, the method comprising each node deriving information, in its own coordinate system, indicative of its own position in a display, and displaying visual content associated with each of the nodes substantially simultaneously in the display area.
A method of displaying visual content on a display, the method comprising displaying visual content associated with a plurality of nodes at a plurality of sizes, each of the plurality of nodes containing information indicative of its own coordinate system, the visual content of each of the plurality of nodes being displayed in a specified coordinate system, each coordinate system having a precision, the precision in which a coordinate system is displayed being dependent upon the size at which the node is displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.