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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2004
Applicants:

Patrick Chiu, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Andreas Girgensohn, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Wolfgang Polak, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Frank Shipman, Iii, College Station, TX (US);

Surapong Lertsithichai, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Patrick Chiu, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Andreas Girgensohn, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Wolfgang Polak, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Frank Shipman, III, College Station, TX (US);

Surapong Lertsithichai, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A 3D graphical user interface includes a two-dimensional ground-plane layout representing the relationship between one or more leaf elements of a tree data structure. The interface further includes at least one building-like structure, each of the at least one building-like structure corresponding to a respective one of the one or more leaf elements. Each of the at least one building-like structure provides a summary of media associated with the respective one of the more leaf elements corresponding to at least one building-like structure.


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