Patent ID: 6411292
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for depicting a pointing indicator in a three-dimensionally displayed window of a two-dimensional display screen, said method comprising:displaying said pointing indicator superimposed within said three-dimensionally displayed window; moving said pointing indicator within said three-dimensionally displayed window in response to user manipulation of a pointing device, said moving of said pointing indicator being in three dimensions relative to said display screen so as to track within said three-dimensionally displayed window; further comprising depicting said window in said three dimensions on said two-dimensional display screen, said depicting of said window in three dimensions comprising rotating said window about a frame edge of said window frame to swing said window from two-dimensional display to said three-dimensional display; and wherein said displaying of said pointing indicator comprises rotating said pointing indicator about said frame edge of said window using a common rotation angle to that employed in said rotating of said window, said rotating of said pointing indicator converting said pointing indicator from two-dimensional display within said display screen to three-dimensional display within said display screen.