Method of displaying and interacting with information on a rotary fabric
View Patent ↗A system and method by which menus, displays, charts, maps and pictures may be presented to a user and very quickly seen and used in the context of a larger display without obscuring key elements of that display. Menus or other graphical displays are anchored to the sides of a solid figure, which can be rotated to display the menu panels and other textual and graphical information.
1. A method of displaying information comprising the steps of:
displaying a first three dimensional information panel arrangement, which can be rotated on a display;
displaying information on a side of said first three dimensional information panel arrangement;
accessing a second three dimensional information panel arrangement through a selection on the side of the first three dimensional information panel arrangement;
displaying the second three dimensional information panel arrangement within said first three dimensional information panel arrangement, which can be rotated on a display;
whereby content displayed on the second three dimensional information panel arrangement is a function of the side of the first three dimensional information panel arrangement through which the second three dimensional information panel arrangement was accessed;
displaying information on a side of said second three dimensional information panel arrangement;
rotating said first three dimensional information panel arrangement to display another side of said first three dimensional information panel arrangement; and
rotating said second three dimensional information panel arrangement to display another side of said second three dimensional information panel arrangement.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of rotating said three dimensional information panel arrangements is controlled by user interaction.
3. A computer system for displaying information comprising:
a display; and
a processor connected to said display, said processor being programmed to perform the steps of:
displaying a first three dimensional information panel arrangement which can be rotated on a display;
displaying information on a side of said first three dimensional information panel arrangement;
accessing a second three dimensional information panel arrangement through a selection on the side of the first three dimensional information panel arrangement;
displaying the second three dimensional information panel arrangement within said first three dimensional information panel arrangement, which can be rotated on a display;
whereby content displayed on the second three dimensional information panel arrangement is a function of the side of the first three dimensional information panel arrangement through which the second three dimensional information panel arrangement was accessed;
displaying information on a side of said second three dimensional information panel arrangement;
rotating said first three dimensional information panel arrangement to display another side of said first three dimensional information panel arrangement; and
rotating said second three dimensional information panel arrangement to display another side of said second three dimensional information panel arrangement.
4. The computer system of claim 3 , wherein the step of rotating said three dimensional information panel arrangements is controlled by user interaction.
5. The computer system of claim 3 , wherein the step of displaying the three dimensional information panel arrangement's further displays at least a second side of the information panel arrangements.
6. The computer system of claim 3 , wherein the step of displaying information on a side of said second three dimensional information panel arrangement comprise displaying at least one side of information.
7. The computer system of claim 3 , wherein said processor can further perform the step of:
flattening said three dimensional information panel arrangements for displaying all sides of the information panel arrangements at once.