Patent ID: 8881048

Claim:
A method for providing a three-dimensional (3D) graphical user interface, comprising: receiving at least first and second inputs from an end user; receiving first and second webpages from at least one server in response to said first and second inputs, wherein the first and second inputs are website addresses corresponding to said first and second webpages, respectively; displaying at least a portion of the first webpage on a first object within a 3D space, and at least a portion of the second webpage on a second object within the 3D space, comprising; rendering the first and second webpages; capturing first and second images of the at least a portion of the first webpage and the at least a portion of the second webpage, respectively; and texturing the first image on the first object and the second image on the second object, the first object being displayed in a foreground of the 3D space and the second object being displayed in a background of the 3D space; and displaying additional information, comprising: receiving an interaction by the end user on the first image; replacing the first and second objects within the 3D space with a window within a two-dimensional (2D) space in response to receiving the interaction, wherein the window includes the rendered first webpage; receiving an interaction by the end user on a link provided in the rendered first webpage, the link corresponding to the additional information; rendering the additional information; and displaying the rendered additional information in said window within the 2D space.