Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium Storing Document Sharing Program, Terminal Device and Document Sharing Method

• US 20140189486A1
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Yasoshima, Mizuho
• Application Number:
  US14/141,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20140189486A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/232
• 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: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions executed by a processor of a terminal device to perform following processes. The processor acquires data indicating a document shared between a plurality of terminal devices, and displays, on a display device of the terminal device, a display range indicating at least a portion of the document. The processor receives annotation data indicating an annotation superimposed on the document in another terminal device, and determines whether the annotation is inside the display range in the document. If the annotation is not inside the display range, the processor displays a marker indicating that the annotation data has been received. The processor determines whether operation information acquired from an operation device of the terminal device indicates an operation targeting the marker. If the acquired operation information indicates the operation targeting the marker, the processor changes the display range to include the annotation inside the display range.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions, the instructions, when executed by a processor of a terminal device, perform processes comprising:

an acquiring operation acquiring document data indicating a document being shared between a plurality of terminal devices in a remote conference;

a first displaying operation displaying, on a display device of the terminal device, a display range indicating at least a portion of the document corresponding to the acquired document data;

a receiving operation receiving annotation data from at least one of the plurality of terminal devices, the annotation data indicating an annotation superimposed on the document in the at least one of the plurality of terminal devices;

a first determining operation determining whether a position of the annotation corresponding to the received annotation data is inside the display range in the document;

a second displaying operation displaying, in response to the determination by the first determining operation that the position of the annotation is not inside the display range, a marker on the display device, the marker indicating that the annotation data has been received by the receiving operation;

a second determining operation determining whether operation information acquired from an operation device of the terminal device indicates an operation targeting the marker; and

a changing operation changing, in response to the determination by the second determining operation that the acquired operation information indicates the operation targeting the marker, the display range to include the annotation inside the display range.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1, wherein

the instructions, when executed by the processor, further perform processes comprising:

a deleting operation deleting the marker indicating the annotation inside the display range after the changing operation has changed the display range in the document to include the annotation.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further perform processes comprising:

a first comparing operation comparing the position of the display range in the document and the position of the annotation in the document, and wherein

the second displaying operation comprises displaying, based on a comparison result by the first comparing operation, the marker indicating a first direction in which the annotation is located with respect to the position of the display range.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 3, wherein

the second determining operation comprises determining whether the operation information indicates an operation to move the position of the display range in the first direction, as the operation targeting the marker.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 4, wherein

the second determining operation comprises determining whether the operation information indicates the movement of coordinates on the operation device along a second direction opposite to the first direction, as the operation targeting the marker.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 3, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further perform processes comprising:

a third determining operation determining whether the operation information indicates the movement of the position of the display range in the document;

a second comparing operation comparing, in response to the determination by the third determining operation that the operation information indicates the movement of the position of the display range, the position of the display range in the document and the position of the annotation; and

a third displaying operation displaying, based on a comparison result by the second comparing operation, the marker that indicates the first direction.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further perform processes comprising:

a fourth determining operation determining whether an image different from the document is displayed on the display device; and

a fourth displaying operation displaying, in response to the determination by the fourth determining that the image different from the document is displayed on the display device, the marker indicating that the annotation data has been received in an operation area displayed on the display device, the operation area being an area configured to receive an input of an operation to displays the document via the operation device.

8. A terminal device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing computer-readable instructions, the instructions, when executed by the processor, perform processes comprising;

an acquiring operation acquiring document data indicating a document being shared between a plurality of terminal devices in a remote conference;

a first displaying operation displaying, on a display device of the terminal device, a display range indicating at least a portion of the document corresponding to the acquired document data;

a receiving operation receiving annotation data from at least one of the plurality of terminal devices, the annotation data indicating an annotation superimposed on the document in the at least one of the plurality of terminal devices;

a first determining operation determining whether a position of the annotation corresponding to the received annotation data is inside the display range in the document;

a second displaying operation displaying, in response to the determination by the first determining operation that the position of the annotation is not inside the display range, a marker on the display device, the marker indicating that the annotation data has been received by the receiving operation;

a second determining operation determining whether operation information acquired from an operation device of the terminal device indicates an operation targeting the marker; and

a changing operation changing, in response to the determination by the second determining operation that the acquired operation information indicates the operation targeting the marker, the display range to include the annotation inside the display range.

9. A document sharing method executed by a terminal device comprising:

acquiring document data indicating a document being shared between a plurality of terminal devices in a remote conference;

first displaying, on a display device of the terminal device, a display range indicating at least a portion of the document corresponding to the acquired document data;

receiving annotation data from at least one of the plurality of terminal devices, the annotation data indicating an annotation superimposed on the document in the at least one of the plurality of terminal devices, the annotation data including position information of the annotation;

first determining whether a position of the annotation corresponding to the received annotation data is inside the display range based on the position information;

second displaying, in response to the determination by the first determining that the position of the annotation is not inside the display range, a marker on the display device, the marker indicating that the annotation data has been received by the receiving;

second determining whether operation information acquired from an operation device of the terminal device indicates an operation targeting the marker; and

changing, in response to the determination by the second determining that the acquired operation information indicates the operation targeting the marker, the display range to include the annotation inside the display range based on the position information.