Data processing: structural design – modeling – simulation – and em – Simulating electronic device or electrical system – Software program
Reexamination Certificate
1997-10-02
2001-05-08
Teska, Kevin J. (Department: 2763)
Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and em
Simulating electronic device or electrical system
Software program
Reexamination Certificate
active
06230116
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to operating systems and methods pertaining thereto.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
3D games, such as Doom and Quake, are well known.
3D simulators, including RT3D (real time three dimensional) driving simulators, are known, such as Microsoft's Flight Simulator for Windows 95 and Mirage's ATF Flight Simulator.
CAD (computer-aided design) and CAM (computer-aided manufacturing) are both well-known 3D systems.
VRML (virtual reality modelling language) is described in Designing 3D Graphics, by Josh White, Wiley & Sons, 1996, as being “the first established, open standard for real-time 3D graphics on the Internet . . . It supports all the basic things we need: arbitrary 3DS-style meshes, textures, and lights . . . The addition of animation capabilities should make it a strong contender for a general purpose RT3D modelling file format standard.” (pp. 332-333). VRML 1.0 and VRML 2.0 do not provide real time interactive objects in the virtual world and does not allow objects on screen to move freely.
Many different operating systems are known such as Windows 95 and other members of the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems, DOS, OS/2, and Unix. Conventional operating systems are described in PC Webopaedia, Sandy Bay Software, Inc., at http://www.pcwebopedia.com/index.html.
The disclosures of all publications mentioned in the specification and of the publications cited therein are hereby incorporated by reference.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention seeks to provide a 3D operating system.
There is thus provided, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a computer system including computer resources, an operating system operative to control the computer resources, and a 3D interface enabling a user to interact with the operating system and providing at least one screen display image including a representation of at least a portion of the computer resources, wherein substantially all of the representation is three-dimensional.
Also provided, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention, is a computer system including computer resources, an operating system operative to control the computer resources, and a 3D interface enabling a user to interact with the operating system and operative to provide a plurality of display representations of at least a portion of the computer resources from a corresponding plurality of different viewpoints.
Still further in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the 3D motion simulator is operative to generate the multiplicity of views in real time.
Additionally provided, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention, is operating system apparatus useful in conjunction with a population of computer systems each having a different configuration of computer resources, the apparatus including an operating system operative to control the computer resources, and a 3D interface enabling a user to interact with the operating system and operative to provide, for each specific computer system having a specific computer resource configuration, at least one 3D display representation of at least a portion of the specific computer resource configuration.
Further in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the computer resource configuration includes at least one software resource and/or at least one hardware resource.
Further in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the 3D interface includes a 3D motion simulator operative to provide a multiplicity of views of a 3D representation of the computer resources as seen from a corresponding multiplicity of viewpoints within the 3D representation of the computer resources, and a viewpoint selection receiver operative to receive a multiplicity of selected viewpoints from a user of the computer system, and wherein the 3D motion simulator generates views corresponding to the selected viewpoints.
Still further in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the computer resources include applications.
Further in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the viewpoints include at least two viewpoints within a 3D representation of at least one of the applications.
Still further in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the computer resources have a logical structure and wherein the 3D representation includes a 3D representation of the logical structure.
Further in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the logical structure includes a hierarchy.
Also provided, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, is a computer system including computer resources, an operating system operative to control the computer resources, and a 3D interface enabling a user to interact with the operating system and providing a sequence of screen display images together generating a
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E representation of substantially all of the computer resources.
Further in accordance with a preferred embodiment ol the present invention, the computer system includes a first computer, such as a server, which includes the operating system, and a second computer which includes the 3D interface. Preferably, at least some of the computer resources are located in the first computer and/or at least some of the computer resources are located in computers served by the server.
Further provided, in accordance with still another preferred embodiment of the present invention, is a main computer system for controlling a plurality of computer resources residing in at least one second computers, the main computer apparatus including electronic storage apparatus including a computer resource database storing information regarding relationships between the plurality of computer resources, and an operating system accessing the computer resource database in order to manipulate the plurality of computer resources and including a computer resource transfer unit, such as an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) unit, operative to transfer at least one computer resource from the at least one second computers to the electronic storage apparatus.
Further in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the electronic storage apparatus includes a ROM, such as a hard disk or a CD-ROM, and/or a RAM.
Additionally provided, in accordance with still another preferred embodiment of the present invention, is a method for interacting with an operating system operative to control computer resources, the method including providing at least one screen display image including a representation of at least a portion of the computer resources, wherein substantially all of the representation is three-dimensional, and receiving at least one user input provided by a user relative to the at least one screen display image and interacting with the operating system based on the at least one user input.
Further provided, in accordance with yet another preferred embodiment of the present invention, is a method for interacting with an operating system operative to control computer resources, the method including providing a plurality of display representations of at least a portion of the computer resources from a corresponding plurality of different viewpoints, and receiving at least one user input provided by a user relative to at least one of the plurality of display representations and interacting with the operating system based on the at least one user input.
Still further provided, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention, is a method for interacting with an operating system useful in conjunction with a population of computer systems each having a different configuration of computer resources, wherein the operating system is operative to control the computer resources, the method including providing, for each specific computer system having a specific computer resource configuration, at least one 3D display representation o
Amihai Ron
Ronen Nir
Abelman ,Frayne & Schwab
Clockwise Technologies Ltd.
Fiul Dan
Teska Kevin J.
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