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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2004
Joel P. Dehlin, Redmond, WA (US);
Joel P. Dehlin, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Information is oriented when presented to a user on a display surface, so that the information can be readily read and/or used by the user. The information is displayed on a generally horizontal display surface to users who may be located at different positions around the display surface. A different totem is associated with each user. The identity and position of each totem on the display surface is determined in response to a detected characteristic of the totem, such as a pattern of infrared light reflected from the totem. Either the location of a user's totem relative to a center of the display surface, or a quadrant of the display surface near where the user is located, or an orientation of the user's totem on the display surface can determine the orientation and location of the information presented to the user on the display surface.