METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING SCREEN DESIGNATION CODES

• US 20100115391A1
• Filed: 10/27/2009
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: Pure Depth Limited
• Inventors: Witehira, Pita, Engel, Gabriel Daemon
• Application Number:
  US12/606,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20100115391A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/212
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/023 Display panel composed of stacked panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/003 to produce spatial visual effects

Abstract

A method and system for assigning screen designation codes is disclosed. A method of assigning screen designation codes includes assigning a first screen designation code to a first spreadsheet object, wherein the first screen designation code is associated with a first display screen of a multi-component display. A second screen designation code is assigned to a second spreadsheet object, wherein the second screen designation code is associated with a second display screen of the multi-component display. The first and second screen designation codes are operable to implement a simultaneous display of the first spreadsheet object on the first display screen and the second spreadsheet object on the second display screen.

Claims

1. A method of assigning screen designation codes, said method comprising:

assigning a first screen designation code to a first spreadsheet object, wherein said first screen designation code is associated with a first display screen of a multi-component display;

assigning a second screen designation code to a second spreadsheet object, wherein said second screen designation code is associated with a second display screen of said multi-component display; and

simultaneously displaying said first spreadsheet object on said first display screen and said second spreadsheet object on said second display screen, wherein said simultaneously displaying further comprises simultaneously displaying said first and second spreadsheet objects using said first and second screen designation codes.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects are selected from a group consisting of a window, menu, a tab, an icon, a user-modifiable field, a cell, and a grouping of cells.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects are associated with a respective user-selectable tab.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said first spreadsheet object comprises a formula, and wherein said second spreadsheet object is selected from a group consisting of data associated with said formula and a result of said formula.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects comprise adjoining data wrapped from said first display screen to said second display screen.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said first spreadsheet object comprises a first color and said second spreadsheet object comprises a second color.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said first spreadsheet object comprises a link to said second spreadsheet object.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said second spreadsheet object is selected from a group consisting of:

an error message related to said first spreadsheet object; and

information about said first spreadsheet object.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said simultaneously displaying further comprises displaying said first spreadsheet object at a first position on said first display screen, wherein said simultaneously displaying further comprises displaying said second spreadsheet object at a second position on said second display screen, and further comprising:

in response to a user interaction, accessing a third position for display of said first spreadsheet object on said first display screen.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects are selected from a group consisting of an active cell, an active spreadsheet, and a user-selected cell.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said first display screen is physically spaced apart from said second display screen, and wherein said first and second display screens overlap.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said first spreadsheet object is at least partially transparent to enable viewing of said second spreadsheet object through said first spreadsheet object.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said first spreadsheet object is associated with a first spreadsheet, wherein said second spreadsheet object is associated with a second spreadsheet, and wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects overlap.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

automatically modifying said second spreadsheet object in response to a modification of said first spreadsheet object.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said automatically modifying said second spreadsheet object further comprises changing a color of said second spreadsheet object.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein an overlap of said first and second spreadsheet objects indicates a relationship of said first and second spreadsheet objects.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects is selected from a group consisting of a three-dimensional graph, a three-dimensional chart, and a three-dimensional object.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects are associated with a common spreadsheet cell.

19. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method of assigning screen designation codes, said method comprising:

assigning a first screen designation code to a first spreadsheet object, wherein said first screen designation code is associated with a first display screen of a multi-component display;

assigning a second screen designation code to a second spreadsheet object, wherein said second screen designation code is associated with a second display screen of said multi-component display; and

simultaneously displaying said first spreadsheet object on said first display screen and said second spreadsheet object on said second display screen, wherein said simultaneously displaying further comprises simultaneously displaying said first and second spreadsheet objects using said first and second screen designation codes.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects are selected from a group consisting of a window, menu, a tab, an icon, a user-modifiable field, a cell, and a grouping of cells.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects are associated with a respective user-selectable tab.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said first spreadsheet object comprises a formula, and wherein said second spreadsheet object is selected from a group consisting of data associated with said formula and a result of said formula.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects comprise adjoining data wrapped from said first display screen to said second display screen.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said first spreadsheet object comprises a first color and said second spreadsheet object comprises a second color.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said first spreadsheet object comprises a link to said second spreadsheet object.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said second spreadsheet object is selected from a group consisting of:

an error message related to said first spreadsheet object; and

information about said first spreadsheet object.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said simultaneously displaying further comprises displaying said first spreadsheet object at a first position on said first display screen, wherein said simultaneously displaying further comprises displaying said second spreadsheet object at a second position on said second display screen, and wherein said method further comprises:

in response to a user interaction, accessing a third position for display of said first spreadsheet object on said first display screen.

28. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects are selected from a group consisting of an active cell, an active spreadsheet, and a user-selected cell.

29. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said first display screen is physically spaced apart from said second display screen, and wherein said first and second display screens overlap.

30. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said first spreadsheet object is at least partially transparent to enable viewing of said second spreadsheet object through said first spreadsheet object.

31. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said first spreadsheet object is associated with a first spreadsheet, wherein said second spreadsheet object is associated with a second spreadsheet, and wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects overlap.

32. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said method further comprises:

automatically modifying said second spreadsheet object in response to a modification of said first spreadsheet object.

33. The computer-readable medium of claim 32, wherein said automatically modifying said second spreadsheet object further comprises changing a color of said second spreadsheet object.

34. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein an overlap of said first and second spreadsheet objects indicates a relationship of said first and second spreadsheet objects.

35. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects is selected from a group consisting of a three-dimensional graph, a three-dimensional chart, and a three-dimensional object.

36. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects are associated with a common spreadsheet cell.

37. A system comprising:

means for assigning a first screen designation code to a first spreadsheet object, wherein said first screen designation code is associated with a first display screen of a multi-component display;

means for assigning a second screen designation code to a second spreadsheet object, wherein said second screen designation code is associated with a second display screen of said multi-component display; and

means for simultaneously displaying said first spreadsheet object on said first display screen and said second spreadsheet object on said second display screen, wherein said means for simultaneously displaying further comprises means for simultaneously displaying said first and second spreadsheet objects using said first and second screen designation codes.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects are selected from a group consisting of a window, menu, a tab, an icon, a user-modifiable field, a cell, and a grouping of cells.

39. The system of claim 37, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects are associated with a respective user-selectable tab.

40. The system of claim 37, wherein said first spreadsheet object comprises a formula, and wherein said second spreadsheet object is selected from a group consisting of data associated with said formula and a result of said formula.

41. The system of claim 37, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects comprise adjoining data wrapped from said first display screen to said second display screen.

42. The system of claim 37, wherein said first spreadsheet object comprises a first color and said second spreadsheet object comprises a second color.

43. The system of claim 37, wherein said first spreadsheet object comprises a link to said second spreadsheet object.

44. The system of claim 37, wherein said second spreadsheet object is selected from a group consisting of:

an error message related to said first spreadsheet object; and

information about said first spreadsheet object.

45. The system of claim 37, wherein said means for simultaneously displaying further comprises means for displaying said first spreadsheet object at a first position on said first display screen, wherein said means for simultaneously displaying further comprises means for displaying said second spreadsheet object at a second position on said second display screen, and wherein said system further comprises:

means for accessing, in response to a user interaction, a third position for display of said first spreadsheet object on said first display screen.

46. The system of claim 37, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects are selected from a group consisting of an active cell, an active spreadsheet, and a user-selected cell.

47. The system of claim 37, wherein said first display screen is physically spaced apart from said second display screen, and wherein said first and second display screens overlap.

48. The system of claim 37, wherein said first spreadsheet object is at least partially transparent to enable viewing of said second spreadsheet object through said first spreadsheet object.

49. The system of claim 37, wherein said first spreadsheet object is associated with a first spreadsheet, wherein said second spreadsheet object is associated with a second spreadsheet, and wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects overlap.

50. The system of claim 37 further comprising:

means for automatically modifying said second spreadsheet object in response to a modification of said first spreadsheet object.

52. The system of claim 37, wherein an overlap of said first and second spreadsheet objects indicates a relationship of said first and second spreadsheet objects.

53. The system of claim 37, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects is selected from a group consisting of a three-dimensional graph, a three-dimensional chart, and a three-dimensional object.

54. The system of claim 37, wherein said first and second spreadsheet objects are associated with a common spreadsheet cell.

51. The system of claim 374, wherein said means for automatically modifying said second spreadsheet object further comprises means for changing a color of said second spreadsheet object.