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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Nghi Dong Doan, New York Township, NY (US);
Kenneth Herndon, Suffern Township, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
A computer interface is provided for easy organization, arrangement and zooming of logical sets of zooming objects in a zooming graphical user interface. Information is displayed as a zooming universe of graphical objects, including groups of associated member objects, that can be manipulated with interactive input devices. The interface permits a user to associate logically related objects in a space-grid group object, a two dimensional table of cells forming rows and columns on the zooming space. Objects may be positioning in each cell. If such positioning results in an object overlaying the dimensional boundaries of the cell or other zooming objects in the cell, cell dimensions are automatically increased and the positioning of objects in the cell adjusted, allowing a newly added object to be positioned at the user indicated position. Cells with the same row coordinate have the same height dimension. Cell with the same column coordinate have the same width dimension. Adjustment of the dimension of any one cell are translated throughout the entire space-grid structure, resulting in the repositioning of cells and their contents relative to the zooming space, while the positioning among objects contained in a particular cell is preserved.