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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2005
Malik Coates, San Francisco, CA (US);
Russell H. Belfer, Burlingame, CA (US);
Steve Fink, San Carlos, CA (US);
John Paul D'india, San Francisco, CA (US);
Malik Coates, San Francisco, CA (US);
Russell H. Belfer, Burlingame, CA (US);
Steve Fink, San Carlos, CA (US);
John Paul D'India, San Francisco, CA (US);
Intellectual Ventures Holding 67 LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A method and system for state-based control of objects. A simulator controls data associated with a plurality of objects, the simulator including a first list of the plurality of objects and a data structure comprising data defining the plurality of objects. A state manager includes a plurality of states, wherein a state includes a second list of a subset of objects of the plurality of objects and determines a display appearance and a display action of the subset of objects. A plurality of software nodes are operable to perform associated operations on subsets of objects and to update data of the data structure for the subset of the objects.