Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface, which exploits spatial memory, to objects

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PATENT NO 6188405
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09152525

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A graphical user interface in which object thumbnails, as scaled images, are rendered on a two-dimensional wall or screen, and which exploits spatial memory. The objects may be moved, continuously, on the surface with a two-dimensional input device. Pop-up title bars may be rendered over active objects. Intelligent help may be provided to the user, as visual indicators, based on proximity clustering or based on matching algorithms.

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MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLCONE MICROSOFT WAY REDMOND WA 98052

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Czerwinski, Mary Woodinville, WA 23 1827
Dumais, Susan T Kirkland, WA 86 8573
Dziadosz, Susan E Ann Arbor, MI 6 584
Robbins, Daniel C Seattle, WA 65 7850
Robertson, George G Seattle, WA 133 11141
Thiel, David D Redmond, WA 4 815
Van, Dantzich Maarten Seattle, WA 1 277

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