Method of interacting with computer graphics

Claim 3

The method of claim 1 further comprising: determining within an application program which detects the transmission whether further scene updating is required by the detected transmission; and generating such modifications in response to the detected transmission if an application program determines that such updating is required.

Claim 4

An interactive computer graphics system comprising: means for generating a list which includes data related to computer generated objects from one or more application programs and which objects are to be included in a single computer graphics scene display and an application program identifier to identify the application program which is the source of each computer generated object included in the list; a data storage medium for storing such list; a computer display means for displaying said single scene in response to the list; means for manipulating an object in the scene display in response to a user command; means for generating at least one interrogation command in response to said manipulation and interrogating said list to retrieve data relating to each object affected by the manipulation and an application program identifier related to each application program which is the source of an object affected by the manipulation; means for transmitting to each application program which is the source of an object affected by the manipulation, data related to the objects of which the program is the source and information regarding the manipulation; and means for detecting such transmission by the application program which is the source of an object affected by the manipulation and performing such additional steps as are required by the manipulation.

Claim 5

An interactive computer graphics system comprising: means for generating a list which includes data related to computer generated objects from one or more application programs and which objects are to be included in a single computer graphics scene display and an application program identifier to identify the application program which is the source of each computer generated object included in the list; a data storage medium for storing such list; a computer display means for displaying said single scene in response to the list; means for manipulating an object in the scene display in response to a user command; means for generating at least one interrogation command in response to said manipulation and interrogating said list to retrieve data relating to each object affected by the manipulation and an application program identifier related to each application program which is the source of an object affected by the manipulation; means for transmitting to each application program which is the source of an object affected by the manipulation, data related to the objects of which the program is the source and information regarding the manipulation; and means for detecting such transmission by the application program which is the source of an object affected by the manipulation and performing such additional steps as are required by the manipulation.

Claim 6

The system of claim 3 further comprising: means for determining within an application program whether further scene updating is required by the detected transmission; and means for generating such modifications in response to the detected transmission if an application program determines that such updating is required.

Claim 9

The method of claim 5 further comprising: determining within an application program which receives the transmission whether further scene updating is required by the received transmission; and generating such modifications in response to the received transmission if an application program determines that such updating is requried.

Claim 10

An interactive computer graphics system comprising: means for transforming data objects into computer generated objects; means for transmitting the computer generated objects to a means for generating a list; means for generating list which includes data related to the computer generated objects from one or more application programs and which objects are to be included in a computer graphics scene display and an application program identifier to identify the application program which is the source of each computer generated object included in the list; a data storage medium for storing said list; means for generating a scene in response to the list; means for transforming the scene into instructions recognizable by a computer display system by utilizing a dimension rendering process; a computer display means for displaying said single scene in response to the list; means for manipulating an object in the scene display with a user command; means for generating at least one interrogation command in response to said manipulation and interrogating said list to retrieve data relating to each object affected by the manipulation and an application program identifier related to each application program which is the source of an object affected by the manipulation; means for transmitting to each application program which is the source of an object affected by the manipulation, data related to the objects of which the program is the source and information regarding the manipulation; means for receiving such transmission by the application program which is the source of an object affected by the manipulation; and means for peforming such additional steps as are required by the manipulation.

Claim 11

An interactive computer graphics system comprising: means for transforming data objects into computer generated objects; means for transmitting the computer generated objects to a means for generating a list; means for generating list which includes data related to the computer generated objects from one or more application programs and which objects are to be included in a computer graphics scene display and an application program identifier to identify the application program which is the source of each computer generated object included in the list; a data storage medium for storing said list; means for generating a scene in response to the list; means for transforming the scene into instructions recognizable by a computer display system by utilizing a dimension rendering process; a computer display means for displaying said single scene in response to the list; means for manipulating an object in the scene display with a user command; means for generating at least one interrogation command in response to said manipulation and interrogating said list to retrieve data relating to each object affected by the manipulation and an application program identifier related to each application program which is the source of an object affected by the manipulation; means for transmitting to each application program which is the source of an object affected by the manipulation, data related to the objects of which the program is the source and information regarding the manipulation; means for receiving such transmission by the application program which is the source of an object affected by the manipulation; and means for peforming such additional steps as are required by the manipulation.

Claim 12

The system of claim 7 further comprising: determining within an application program which receives the transmission whether further scene updating is required by the received transmission; and generating such modifications in response to the received transmission if an application program determines that such updating is requried.