COMMON USER INTERFACE RESOURCES

• US 20120284636A1
• Filed: 01/12/2012
• Published: 11/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Promethean Limited (Best Assistant Education Group Co.)
• Original Assignee: Promethean Limited (Best Assistant Education Group Co.)
• Inventors: PEARCE, Nigel
• Granted Patent: US 9,842,311 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/751
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services

Abstract

There is disclosed a method of providing resources in a collaborative input system comprising an interactive display surface, the method comprising: providing a common set of resources for a plurality of users; and selectively providing the common set of resources to individual users.

Claims

1. A method of providing resources in a collaborative input system comprising an interactive display surface, the method comprising:

providing a common set of resources for a plurality of users; and

selectively providing the common set of resources to individual users, wherein at least one of the resources available to each of the plurality of users is adjusted in dependence on selection of a resource by one of the plurality of users.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of selectively providing the common set of resources to individual users comprises providing individual users with a sub-set of said common set of resources.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the sub-set of common resources provided to a user is in dependence upon the user needs.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying an icon representing a resource on the display, wherein if the resource is selected by a user an identification of that user is displayed with said icon.

5. A computer program adapted, when run on a computer, to perform the method of claim 1.

6. A computer program product for storing computer program code which, when run on a computer, performs the method of claim 1.

7. A collaborative input system comprising an interactive display surface, and adapted to:

provide a common set of resources for a plurality of users; and

selectively provide the common set of resources to individual users, wherein at least one of the resources available to each of the plurality of users is adjusted in dependence on selection of a resource by one of the plurality of users.

8. The collaborative input system of claim 7 wherein selectively providing the common set of resources to individual users comprises adapting the system to provide individual users with a sub-set of said common set of resources.

9. The collaborative input system of claim 8 wherein the sub-set of common resources provided to a user is in dependence upon the user needs.

10. The collaborative input system of claim 7 further adapted to display an icon representing a resource on the display, wherein if the resource is selected by a user an identification of that user is displayed with said icon.

11. A collaborative input system comprising an interactive display surface, and further comprising:

means for providing a common set of resources for a plurality of users; and

means for selectively providing the common set of resources to individual users, wherein at least one of the resources available to each of the plurality of users is adjusted in dependence on selection of a resource by one of the plurality of users.

12. The collaborative input system of claim 11 wherein the step of selectively providing the common set of resources to individual users comprises means for providing individual users with a sub-set of said common set of resources.

13. The collaborative input system of claim 12 wherein the sub-set of common resources provided to a user is in dependence upon the user needs.

14. The collaborative input system of claim 11 further comprising means for displaying an icon representing a resource on the display, wherein if the resource is selected by a user an identification of that user is displayed with said icon.