Patent ID: 6275228
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A zooming engine for displaying zooming objects that reside in a zooming space on a display which provides a zooming view, the zooming engine comprising:a zooming object class, which defines characteristics for a plurality of zooming objects that reside in a zooming space, wherein the relative locations of zooming objects can be changed in three dimensions within the zooming space;a view manager, which manages the zooming view by identifying viewed zooming objects as those from the plurality of zooming objects that reside in the zooming view; anda first pick handler, in communication with the view manager, the first pick handler having a first picking policy for determining whether viewed zooming objects are targeted to process an event, the first pick handler being interchangeable with a second pick handler having a second picking policy for determining whether viewed objects are targeted to process to an event, the first picking policy differing from the second picking policy.