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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Clifton E. Grim, Iii, Seabrook, TX (US);
Rex E. Marzke, Houston, TX (US);
Mark B. Stevens, Austin, TX (US);
Gary A. Ward, Seabrook, TX (US);
John D. Wilson, Houston, TX (US);
Clifton E. Grim, III, Seabrook, TX (US);
Rex E. Marzke, Houston, TX (US);
Mark B. Stevens, Austin, TX (US);
Gary A. Ward, Seabrook, TX (US);
John D. Wilson, Houston, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a 3-D time helix renderable in a virtual universe. In one embodiment, there is a time helix tool, including a construction component configured to: generate a 3-D time helix in a virtual universe, and populate the 3-D time helix with a set of data objects. The time helix tool further comprises a rendering component configured to render the 3-D time helix with at least one of the set of data objects to a user of the virtual universe.