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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1995
Joseph H Matthews, III, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven Alfred Isaac, NE. Bellevue, WA (US);
William Hong Vong, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An interactive computer system displays informational and control objects consisting of multiple panels that facilitate browsing and selecting an element from a group of menus. Multiple menus are presented in a three-dimensional structure that contains one panel for each menu. Each panel is connected to another to form the three-dimensional object. When the menu is opened, the computer system provides high quality animation that illustrates the three-dimensional nature of the object and the relationship between the panels. The user can spin or rotate the three-dimensional object to reveal other menu panels. As each panel is revealed, the three-dimensional object is animated to show the spinning of the menu structure and the relationship between the menu panels.