Folding text

• US 20060161842A1
• Filed: 01/20/2005
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Selvage, Mei Y., Walker, Keith R., Handy-Bosma, John H., Chen, Yen Fu
• Granted Patent: US 7,559,021 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/273
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/20 Natural language analysis semantic analysis of natural language G06F40/30

Abstract

An example of a solution provided here comprises receiving a text definition signal, defining a first portion of text for folding, receiving a signal for hiding, and in response to the signal for hiding, displaying to at least one user a text view without the first portion, and a clue as to what is hidden.

Claims

1. A method of real-time, or near-real-time, communication in a network environment, said method comprising:

receiving a text definition signal, defining a first portion of text, for folding;

receiving a signal for hiding; and

in response to said signal for hiding, displaying to at least one user;

a text view without said first portion; and

a clue as to what is hidden.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a command to invoke a folding rule; and

acting upon said rule.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said clue has one or more features chosen from:

a color,

an image, and

a shape;

whereby information as to what is hidden is conveyed to said user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

customizing said due, in response to a signal from said user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sharing with another user said text view without said first portion;

whereby information remaining in said text view may be emphasized.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a signal to open; and

in response to said signal to open, displaying a text view with said first portion restored.

7. A method of real-time, or near-real-time, communication in a network environment, said method comprising:

receiving a text definition signal, defining an old portion of a message transcript for hiding;

reversibly hiding said old portion; and

displaying to at least one user;

a text view without said old portion; and

a clue as to what is hidden.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

sharing with other participants a message transcript view without said old portion;

whereby information remaining in the shared message transcript view may be emphasized.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving a signal to invoke a folding rule; and

acting upon said rule.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving input to define a folding rule;

defining said folding rule in response to said input; and

storing said folding rule for reuse.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

providing rules for automatically defining said old portion of message transcript for hiding.

12. A system of real-time, or near-real-time, communication in a network environment, said system comprising:

means for receiving a text definition signal, defining a first portion of text, for folding; and

means for receiving a signal for hiding; and

means for displaying to at least one user;

a text view without said first portion; and

a clue as to what is hidden.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

means for sharing with another user said text view without said first portion;

whereby information remaining in said text view may be emphasized.

14. A computer-usable medium having computer-executable instructions for real-time, or near-real-time, communication in a network environment, said computer-usable medium comprising:

means for receiving a text definition signal, defining a first portion of text, for folding; and

means for receiving a signal for hiding; and

means for displaying to at least one user;

a text view without said first portion; and

a clue as to what is hidden.

15. The computer-usable medium of claim 14, further comprising:

means for sharing with another user said text view without said first portion;

whereby information remaining in said text view may be emphasized.