METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING OBJECTS IN A DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT

• US 20090100343A1
• Filed: 03/14/2008
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Gene Moo, KONG, Won Keun, LEE, Jin Wook, LIM, Hun
• Application Number:
  US12/048,260
• Publication Number:
  US 20090100343A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system for managing an object base on a criterion in a display environment, includes a condition analysis unit which selects the object having metadata information corresponding to condition information of the criterion, and a display manager which manages an arrangement of the object according to an arrangement of the criterion with respect to the display environment.

Claims

1. A system for managing an object based on a criterion in a display environment, comprising:

a condition analysis unit which selects the object having metadata information corresponding to condition information of the criterion; and

a display manager which manages an arrangement of the object according to an arrangement of the criterion with respect to the display environment.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a metadata manager which manages the metadata information of the object;

an object storage unit which stores the object; and

an input module unit which facilitates receipt of information to manage the object.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the display manager manages a movement of the object according to a movement of the criterion.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the display manager comprises:

a criterion movement manager which manages a movement route of the criterion; and

an object movement manager which manages a movement mode of the object based on the movement route.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the movement mode comprises a collection mode to arrange the selected object in a predetermined area based on the criterion and collecting power information of the criterion, and an orientation mode to arrange the selected object based on the criterion.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the object is managed according to the condition information and selection mode information, and the selection mode information comprises information on a display area of the display environment and information on an area of coverage of the criterion.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the condition information comprises one or more of information about a user that owns the object, information about a user that contributed to create the object, information about a user that modified the object last, privacy information about the object, and collecting power information about a collecting power of the criterion.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the condition information comprises privacy information, and

the object is displayed to a user of the criterion in response to the privacy information indicating one mode and hidden from another user in response to the private information indicating another mode.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the condition information of the criterion is defined by a user of the criterion to manage the object.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the criterion has a location with respect to the display environment corresponding to a location of a user of the criterion, and

the criterion is arranged to a different location with respect to the display environment in response to change in location of the user.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the metadata information comprises one or more of information about a user that owns the object, location information of the object, information about a user that contributed to create the object, information about a user that modified the object last, privacy information about the object, and information about an amount of contribution by a user.

12. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

a network module unit to control activation of one or more of the condition information and the criterion; and

a criterion identification unit to identify a device with respect to the display environment as the criterion.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is a computer system.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the system is a multiple-user computer system where one or more objects whose users are different are displayed on the display environment and where one or more users work on the same object.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the system is any one of a multiple projected windows environment system, a multiple-user display environment system, a table top system, a desktop system, and a tablet system.

16. A method of managing an object based on a criterion in a display environment, the method comprising:

managing a movement of the criterion with respect to the display environment; and

managing a movement of the object according to the movement of the criterion.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising selecting the object having metadata information corresponding to condition information of the criterion.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the metadata information comprises one or more of information about a user that owns the object, location information of the object, information about a user that contributed to create the object, information about a user that modified the object last, privacy information about the object, and information about an amount of contribution by a user.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the condition information comprises one or more of information about a user that owns the object, information about a user that contributed to create the object, information about a user that modified the object last, privacy information about the object, and collecting power information about a collecting power of the criterion.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the condition information comprises privacy information about the object, and

the method further comprises displaying the object to a user of the criterion in response to the privacy information indicating one mode and hiding the object from another user in response to the privacy information indicating another mode.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising selecting another object in response to the condition information of the criterion being re-defined and corresponding to metadata information of the another object.

22. The method of claim 16, further comprising arranging the object from a first location to a second location in response to change in location of the criterion with respect to the display environment.

23. The method of claim 16, further comprising arranging the criterion from a first location to a second location in response to change in location of a user of the criterion.

24. The method of claim 16, further comprising displaying a plurality of objects whose users are different, wherein the managing of the movement of the object comprises managing a movement of objects corresponding to the criterion according to the movement of the criterion.

25. At least one computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for implementing the method of claims 16.

26. A system for managing a plurality of objects based on a criterion in a display environment, comprising:

a storage to store data corresponding to the plurality of objects; and

a processor which selects objects corresponding to condition information of the criterion, the condition information being defined to select the objects among the plurality of objects displayed on the display environment.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the processor arranges the selected objects to a location of the display environment corresponding to a location of the criterion with respect to the display environment.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein the processor selects the objects having metadata information corresponding to the condition information of the criterion.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein:

the plurality of objects whose users are different are displayed on the display environment, and

the processor selects the objects requested by a user of the criterion among the plurality of objects based on the criterion.

30. A system for managing a plurality of objects based on a criterion in a display environment, comprising:

a storage to store data corresponding to the plurality of objects; and

a processor which manages a movement of objects according to a movement of the criterion with respect to the display environment, the objects having metadata information corresponding to condition information of the criterion defined to manage the objects

among the plurality of object displayed on the display environment.