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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:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
May. 03, 2004
Applicants:
R. Allen Frazelle, Cary, NC (US);
Scott C. Hennes, Durham, NC (US);
Paul W. Layne, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Computer-implemented systems and methods for displaying an object having three-dimensional characteristics on a user interface Metadata and shape data related to a three-dimensional object are received. The shape data defines the three-dimensional object in a three-dimensional coordinate format. Computer instructions are generated that define region(s) of the object in a two-dimensional format. The instructions include the metadata and allow a user to access metadata associated with the image being displayed to a user.