Graphical user interface for simultaneous use by remote users each having corresponding pictograms in a virtual space of the graphical user interface, method, computer program and corresponding storage medium
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a memory storing instructions; and
a processor coupled to the memory and configured by the instructions to;
generate a graphical user interface which can be used simultaneously by remote users each having at least one display screen, said graphical user interface comprising a virtual space (1) as well as a plurality of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) respectively associated with each of said users, each pictogram being designed to appear in said virtual space (1) and disappear therefrom under the control of the user with whom it is associated, said virtual space (1) and the pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) appearing therein being designed to be displayed on the screens available to the users, a size corresponding to a two-dimensional area of the virtual space (1) varying according to the number of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) appearing in said virtual space (1), so as to ensure an automatic regulation of the ratio between the number of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) appearing in the virtual space (1) and the size thereof, said graphical user interface further comprising at least one graphical object (A) positioned in said virtual space (1) and said at least one graphical object (A) being formed by a non-active icon associated with a computer application able to provide a function or a service to each user whose associated pictogram (2, 3 . . . N) is separated from said graphical object (A) by a distance less than or equal to a predetermined value, the positioning of a user'"'"'s pictogram (2, 3 . . . N) at a distance from the graphical object (A) less than or equal to said predetermined value causing transformation of the graphical object (A) formed by the non-active icon into a viewing window broadcasting audiovisual or sound programme, said viewing window being visible to said user on his or her display screen, said graphical user interface being designed to generate, when the number of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) which are separated from said graphical object (A) by a distance less than or equal to said predetermined value exceeds a threshold value, at least one copy (A2-A12) of said graphical object (A), said at least one copy (A2-A12) having the same properties as said graphical object (A).
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Abstract
The invention provides a graphical user interface which can be used simultaneously by remote users each having at least one display screen, said graphical user interface comprising a virtual space (1) as well as a plurality of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) respectively associated with each of said users, each pictogram being designed to appear in said virtual space (1) and disappear therefrom under the control of the user with whom it is associated, said virtual space (1) and the pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) appearing therein being designed to be displayed on the screens available to the users, the size of the virtual space (1) varying according to the number of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) appearing in said virtual space (1). Graphical user interfaces.
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18 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a memory storing instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured by the instructions to; generate a graphical user interface which can be used simultaneously by remote users each having at least one display screen, said graphical user interface comprising a virtual space (1) as well as a plurality of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) respectively associated with each of said users, each pictogram being designed to appear in said virtual space (1) and disappear therefrom under the control of the user with whom it is associated, said virtual space (1) and the pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) appearing therein being designed to be displayed on the screens available to the users, a size corresponding to a two-dimensional area of the virtual space (1) varying according to the number of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) appearing in said virtual space (1), so as to ensure an automatic regulation of the ratio between the number of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) appearing in the virtual space (1) and the size thereof, said graphical user interface further comprising at least one graphical object (A) positioned in said virtual space (1) and said at least one graphical object (A) being formed by a non-active icon associated with a computer application able to provide a function or a service to each user whose associated pictogram (2, 3 . . . N) is separated from said graphical object (A) by a distance less than or equal to a predetermined value, the positioning of a user'"'"'s pictogram (2, 3 . . . N) at a distance from the graphical object (A) less than or equal to said predetermined value causing transformation of the graphical object (A) formed by the non-active icon into a viewing window broadcasting audiovisual or sound programme, said viewing window being visible to said user on his or her display screen, said graphical user interface being designed to generate, when the number of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) which are separated from said graphical object (A) by a distance less than or equal to said predetermined value exceeds a threshold value, at least one copy (A2-A12) of said graphical object (A), said at least one copy (A2-A12) having the same properties as said graphical object (A). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, comprising:
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administering a graphical user interface which can be used simultaneously by remote users each having at least one display screen, said graphical interface comprising a virtual space (1) as well as a plurality of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) respectively associated with each of said users, each pictogram (2, 3 . . . N) being designed to appear in said virtual space (1) and disappear therefrom under the control of the user with whom it is associated, said virtual space and the pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) appearing therein being designed to be displayed on the screens available to the users; and adjusting a size corresponding to a two-dimensional area of the virtual space (1) in which said size is varied according to the number of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) appearing in said virtual space (1), so as to ensure an automatic regulation of the ratio between the number of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) appearing in the virtual space (1) and the size thereof, said graphical user interface further comprising at least one graphical object (A) positioned in said virtual space (1) and said at least one graphical object (A) being formed by a non-active icon associated with a computer application able to provide a function or a service to each user whose associated pictogram (2, 3 . . . N) is separated from said graphical object (A) by a distance less than or equal to a predetermined value, the positioning of a user'"'"'s pictogram (2, 3 . . . N) at a distance from the graphical object (A) less than or equal to said predetermined value causing transformation of the graphical object (A) formed by the non-active icon into a viewing window broadcasting audiovisual or sound programme, said viewing window being visible to said user on his or her display screen, said graphical user interface being designed to generate, when the number of pictograms (2, 3 . . . N) which are separated from said graphical object (A) by a distance less than or equal to said predetermined value exceeds a threshold value, at least one copy (A2-A12) of said graphical object (A), said at least one copy (A2-A12) having the same properties as said graphical object (A). - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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