Information processing apparatus and recording medium

• US 20010001858A1
• Filed: 01/08/2001
• Published: 05/24/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kido, Toshiharu
• Application Number:
  US09/755,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20010001858A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/512
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that can produce contents including comments, and also to a recording medium. The present invention aims to provide an information processing apparatus and a recording medium that can easily produce and edit comments for the contents. According to the present invention, the corresponding data of each object contains a comment address. By selecting an object, the comment data corresponding to the comment address can be acquired, and the acquired comment data can be rewritten or edited.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus that displays a comment region corresponding to an object region, said information processing apparatus characterized by comprising a management unit that manages the comment region in an editable state.

2. The information processing apparatus as claimed in

claim 1

, characterized in that the management unit includes a read unit that reads comments being managed.

3. The information processing apparatus as claimed in

claim 2

, characterized in that the read unit comprises a first read unit that detects the comment region corresponding to the object region displayed on a screen display, and then enables reading of the detected comment region.

4. The information processing apparatus as claimed in

claim 2

, characterized in that the read unit comprises a second read unit that enables reading of the entire comment region managed by the management unit.

5. The information processing apparatus as claimed in

claim 3

, characterized in that the read unit comprises a second read unit that enables reading of the entire comment region managed by the management unit.

6. The information processing apparatus as claimed in

claim 1

, characterized by further comprising a display control unit that blinks the object region corresponding to the comment region when the comment region is displayed.

7. The information processing apparatus as claimed in

claim 1

, characterized by further comprising a second display control unit that displays a line connecting the object region and the corresponding comment region.

8. The information processing apparatus as claimed in

claim 1

, characterized by further comprising a third display control unit that displays the corresponding comment region in a balloon-shaped form extending from the object region.

9. The information processing apparatus as claimed in

claim 1

, characterized by further comprising a fourth display control unit that designates the object region, thereby displaying the comment region corresponding to the object region.

10. The information processing apparatus as claimed in

claim 1

, characterized in that:

the management unit comprises a storage unit that stores a comment to be inputted into the comment region, the object region, and correspondence between the comment and the object region; and

the comment stored in the storage unit is displayed with the object region in the comment region.

11. A computer-readable recording medium that stores a program for displaying a comment region corresponding to an object region, said recording medium characterized by storing a program that specifies a procedure for managing the comment region in an editable state.

12. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in

claim 11

, characterized in that the managing procedure includes a process for reading comments being managed.

13. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in

claim 12

, characterized in that the reading process includes a first reading process for detecting the comment region corresponding to the object region displayed on a screen display, thereby enabling reading of the comment region.

14. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in

claim 12

, characterized in that the reading process includes a second reading process for enabling reading of the entire comment region managed by the managing process.

15. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in

claim 13

, characterized in that the reading process includes a second reading process for enabling reading of the entire comment region managed by the managing process.

16. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in

claim 11

, characterized by storing a program that specifies a display control procedure for displaying and blinking the object region corresponding to the comment region when the comment region is displayed.

17. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in

claim 11

, characterized by storing a program that specifies a second display control procedure for displaying a line connecting the object region and the corresponding comment region when the comment region is displayed.

18. The computer-readable recording medium as claimed in

claim 11

, characterized by storing a program that specifies a third display control procedure for displaying the comment region corresponding to the object region in a balloon-like form extending from the object region.