Patent ID: 8539347
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting a time sequence of editing steps in a two-dimensional document, the method comprising: accepting, at a first time on an electronic document editing device, a first editing command for a first two-dimensional object within a two-dimensional electronic document, the two-dimensional electronic document defining objects with a first dimension and a second dimension; accepting, at the electronic document editing device at a second time subsequent to the first time, a second editing command specifying a modification to a definition of the first two-dimensional object within at least one of the first dimension and the second dimension; and displaying, on a display device, a representation of a three-dimensional structure corresponding to the first two-dimensional object, the three-dimensional structure depicting at least one of the first dimension and the second dimension and representing time as a third dimension that is orthogonal to the first dimension and the second dimension, accepting, at a third time that is subsequent to the second time, a command specifying a modification to the first editing command; and updating, in response to accepting the command specifying the modification to the first editing command, the three-dimensional structure to reflect, at a point corresponding to the first time within the three-dimensional structure, the modification of the first editing command, the updating further modifying the three dimensional structure along the third dimension to reflect the modification of the first editing command.