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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Stuart Kent Card, Los Altos Hill, CA (US);
Richard Carl Gossweiler Iii, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Allison Gyle Woodruff, Foster City, CA (US);
Jock Douglas Mackinlay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Stuart Kent Card, Los Altos Hill, CA (US);
Richard Carl Gossweiler III, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Allison Gyle Woodruff, Foster City, CA (US);
Jock Douglas Mackinlay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. A slide-out operation for sliding a virtual page out from the virtual three-dimensional book may be provided. The display system may also include a 'rocker book' feature, wherein a book shifts between a first view and a second view. Moreover, the display system may display the virtual pages in a plurality of size formats, wherein a selection function may be provided for selecting among the plurality of size formats. Finally, a computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for producing images of a virtual three-dimensional book is also disclosed.