US 20030103089A1
(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2003/0103089 Al
Ramani et al. (43) Pub. Date: Jun. 5,2003
(54) SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR
COLLABORATIVE SHAPE DESIGN
(76) Inventors: Karthik Ramani, West Lafayette, IN (US); Aliasgar Ganiji, West Lafayette, IN (US); Nikhil Vishwanath Joglekar, West Lafayette, IN (US); Mahendra Babu Arugundram Hrikrishna Moorthy, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Correspondence Address:
SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG, WOESSNER &
KLUTH, P.A.
P.O. BOX 2938
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402 (US)
(21) Appl. No.: 10/286,413
(22) Filed: Oct. 31, 2002
Related U.S. Application Data
(63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 10/237,267, filed on Sep. 6, 2002.
(60) Provisional application No. 60/318,222, filed on Sep. 7, 2001.
Publication Classification
(51) Int. CI.7 G09G 5 00
(52) U.S. CI 345 848
(57) ABSTRACT
One embodiment of the invention provides a computerimplemented method for collaborative three-dimensional (3D) markup. In this embodiment, the method includes obtaining a 3D representation of a shape on a client using a web-based interface, displaying the 3D representation of the shape in a user workspace, marking directly on a portion of the 3D representation of the shape in the user workspace, displaying the marked-up 3D representation of the shape, and sending the marked-up 3D representation of the shape to one or more additional clients using the web-based interface, wherein the additional clients are capable of displaying the marked-up 3D representation of the shape in their respective user workspaces.
