OPERATIONAL SUPPORT COMPUTER PROGRAM AND OPERATIONAL ASSITANCE COMPUTER SYSTEM

• US 20100088623A1
• Filed: 10/13/2006
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Core Aplli Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Core Aplli Incorporated
• Inventors: Ichino, Kenichi
• Application Number:
  US12/445,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20100088623A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/766
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

It is an object to provide an operational support computer program and an operational support computer system that carry out a simple and convenient input operation by means of an input button, such as a keyboard or the like.

An operational support computer program makes a processing means execute (1) receiving a command to change an input focus status of an operation subject information and/or an operation subject scope, (2) changing an input focus status as a part of the operation subject scope information and/or an operation subject scope and also changing display of an object to be displayed in a display area of an output means, (3) selecting an object that has a higher priority in the display ranking than the object with the input focus and judging whether or not there is an overlapped area between the operation subject scope and the display area of the selected object, (4) with a result of judgment (3), changing a display method of the object for not obstructing the display of an operation subject scope of the object, which has an input focus, on the monitor of the output means, if there are any applicable objects as a result of (3), and (5) terminating the operation of display change stated in (4), in the case that processes (1) and (2) result in overcoming of the state (3).

Claims

1. A computer program for a computer system, comprising an information storage means, an information processing means, an output means displaying information to users, and an input means receiving a command from users,

said computer program operates as an operational support computer program when the output means displays multiple objects in a display area while the user operates one of aforementioned objects having an input focus,

said the storage means stores:

operation subject scope information, which presents a display range of the operation subject of the processing means presented in a display area of a monitor display by corresponding an object ID to an input focus status and an operation subject scope;

display range information, which presents a display range of an object on a display area of an output means by corresponding an object ID to a display range;

display ranking information, which indicates ranking of an object in display on the display area of output means;

and display change method information, which describes a method how to change display of an object shown in the display area by corresponding an object ID to a display change method,

said processing means;

(1) receives a command, which is given by the input means, of an input focus status and/or the change of the operation subject scope included in the operation subject scope information stored in the storage means;

(2) changes the input focus status and/or the operation subject scope, which are stored in the storage means as a part of the operation subject scope information, based on the command received, subsequently, changes the display ranking included in a part of display ranking information, which changes the display of objects presented in the display area when an input focus status has been changed;

(3) selects an object which is higher in the display ranking than an object having an input focus, based on the operation subject scope information and the display ranking information and

judges whether or not there is an area in which an operation subject scope of an object having an input focus overlaps with a display range of the selected object based on the display change method information and the display range information;

(4) prevents from obstructing the display of an operation subject scope of the object having an input focus, on the monitor of the output means by changing the display method of the object based on the display change method information, if there are any applicable objects as a result of (3);

and (5) terminates the operation of display change stated in (4), when the process of (1) and (2) have solved the state (3).

2. A computer program for a computer system, comprising an information storage means, an information processing means, an output means displaying information to users, and an input means receiving a command from users,

said computer program operates as an operational support computer program when the output means displays multiple objects in a display area while the user operates one of aforementioned objects having an input focus,

said the storage means stores:

operation subject scope information, which presents a display range of the operation subject of the processing means presented in a display area of a monitor display by corresponding an object ID to an input focus status and an operation subject scope;

display range information, which presents a display range on a display area of the output means by corresponding an object ID to a display range;

display ranking information, which indicates ranking of an object in display on the display area of output means;

and display change method information, which describes a method how to move a location of a display of an object shown in the display area by corresponding an object ID to a display change method,

said processing means;

(1) receives a command, which is given by an input means, of an input focus status and/or the change of the operation subject scope included in the operation subject scope information stored in the storage means;

(2) changes the input focus status and/or the operation subject scope, which are stored in the storage means as a part of the operation subject scope information, based on the command received, subsequently, changes the display ranking included in a part of display ranking information, which changes the display of objects presented in the display area when an input focus status has been changed;

(3) selects an object which is higher in the display ranking than an object having an input focus, based on the operation subject scope information and the display ranking information and

judges whether or not there is an area in which an operation subject scope of an object having an input focus overlaps with a display range of the selected object based on the display change method information and the display range information;

(4) prevents from obstructing the display of an operation subject scope of the object having an input focus on the monitor of the output means by moving the display range of other objects based on the display change method information, if there are any applicable objects as a result of (3);

and (5) terminates the operation of display change stated in (4), when the process of (1) and (2) have solved the state (3).

3. A computer program for a computer system, comprising an information storage means, an information processing means, an output means displaying information to users, and an input means receiving a command from users,

said computer program operates as an operational support computer program when the output means displays multiple objects in a display area while the user operates one of aforementioned objects having an input focus,

said the storage means stores:

operation subject scope information, which presents a display range of the operation subject of the processing means presented in a display area of a monitor display by corresponding an object ID to an input focus status and an operation subject scope;

display range information, which presents a display range on a display area of an output means by corresponding an object ID to a display range;

display ranking information, which indicates ranking of an object in display on the display area of output means;

and display change method information, which describes a method allowing contents of an object ranked lower in the display ranking to be presented by changing a display of an object which is at the front into transparent by corresponding an object ID to a display change method,

said processing means;

(1) receives a command, which is given by an input means, of an input focus status and/or the change of the operation subject scope included in the operation subject scope information stored in the storage means;

(2) changes the input focus status and/or the operation subject scope, which are stored in the storage means as a part of the operation subject scope information, based on the command received, subsequently, changes the display ranking included in a part of display ranking information, which changes the display of objects presented in the display area when an input focus status has been changed;

(3) selects an object which is higher in the display ranking than an object having an input focus, based on the operation subject scope information and the display ranking information and

judges whether or not there is an area in which an operation subject scope of an object having an input focus overlaps with a display range of the selected object based on the display change method information and the display range information;

(4) prevents from obstructing the display of an operation subject scope of the object having an input focus on the monitor of the output means through the other object by changing the other object into transparent based on the display change method information, if there are any applicable objects as a result of (3);

and (5) terminates the operation of display change stated in (4), when the process of (1) and (2) have solved the state (3).

4. A computer program for a computer system, comprising an information storage means, an information processing means, an output means displaying information to users, and an input means receiving a command from users,

said computer program operates as an operational support computer program when the output means displays multiple objects in a display area while the user operates one of aforementioned objects having an input focus,

said the storage means stores:

operation subject scope information, which presents a display range of the operation subject of the processing means presented in a display area of a monitor display by corresponding an object ID to an input focus status and an operation subject scope;

display range information, which presents a display range on a display area of an output means by corresponding an object ID to a display range;

display ranking information, which indicates ranking of an object in display on the display area of output means;

and display change method information, which describes a method both how to move a display range of an object presented on a display monitor and a display range in which the relocated object was presented before its relocation in order to present a display of an object ranked lower in display ranking by corresponding a display change method to each of an object ID in the storage means,

said processing means;

(1) receives a command, which is given by an input means, of an input focus status and/or the change of the operation subject scope included in the operation subject scope information stored in the storage means;

(2) changes the input focus status and/or the operation subject scope, which are stored in the storage means as a part of the operation subject scope information, based on the command received, subsequently, changes the display ranking included in a part of display ranking information, which changes the display of objects presented in the display range when an input focus status has been changed;

(3) selects an object which is higher in the display ranking than an object having an input focus, based on the operation subject scope information and the display ranking information and,

judges whether or not there is an area in which an operation subject scope of an object having an input focus overlaps with a display range of the selected object based on the display change method information and the display range information;

(4) prevents from obstructing the display of an operation subject scope of the object having an input focus on the monitor of the output means both by moving the display range of other objects based on the display change method information and by presenting the display area of the object in which the relocated object was presented before the relocation;

and (5) terminates the operation of display change stated in (4), when the process of (1) and (2) have solved the state (3).

5. A computer program for a computer system, comprising an information storage means, an information processing means, an output means displaying information to users, and an input means receiving a command from users,

said computer program operates as an operational support computer program when the output means displays multiple objects in a display area while the user operates one of aforementioned objects having an input focus,

said the storage means stores:

operation subject scope information, which presents a display range of the operation subject of the processing means presented in a display area of a monitor display by corresponding an object ID to an input focus status and an operation subject scope;

display range information, which presents a display range on a display area of an output means by corresponding an object ID to a display range;

drop-target-option information allowing a user to decide whether or not an object becomes a target object, which is an object to which selected data are passed to, by corresponding a target flag option consisting of a set of picture data, object ID, and a target flag;

and display change method information describing method how to change a display range of an object presented in the display area on the output means,

said processing means;

performs (1)-(4) below while a process of moving the selected data included in an object having an input focus, and to completes the display operation (3) when a destination operation on the selected data completes.

(1) receives a command, which is given by an input means, to change the operation subject scope included in the operation subject scope information stored in the storage means, and subsequently changing the operation subject scope included in the subject scope information;

(2) judges whether or not there are any objects whose display range overlaps with the display range of an operation subject scope based on the operation subject scope information and the display range information;

(3) displays the target flag option information of the applicable object as a result of the judgment (2) in the display area of the output means and changes the display method of the object based on the drop target option information when the target flag option is set as off and disenabling to select the object as a target object, a destination object of a selected data;

(4) changes the display of the target flag included in drop target information based on the target flag option selected by a pointer into either on or off following to the selection made by users.

6. A computer program for a computer system, comprising an information storage means, an information processing means, an output means displaying information to users, and an input means receiving a command from users,

said storage means memorizes the process stated in the claim either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 and the operational support computer program, and the processing means to operate the stated individual process.