SHARED SYSTEM AND TERMINAL DEVICE

• US 20170031590A1
• Filed: 07/30/2015
• Published: 02/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsuchimoto, Hiroshi
• Granted Patent: US 9,805,176 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

A shared system comprises a terminal device and a server. The terminal device comprises a display unit configured to segment a display area and display different contents in different segmented areas. The server receives, from the terminal device, the resolution information of a first segmented area which is one of the segmented areas of the terminal device, generates, according to the resolution information received, a screen on which data can be viewed or edited, and sends the screen in such a manner that the generates screen can be displayed in the first segmented area of the terminal device.

Claims

1. A shared system, comprising:

a terminal device having a display unit configured to segment a display area and display different contents in different segmented areas; and

a server configured to receive, from the terminal device, the resolution information of a first segmented area which is one of the segmented areas of the terminal device, generate, according to the resolution information received, a screen on which data can be viewed or edited, and send the screen in such a manner that the screen is displayed in the first segmented area of the terminal device.

2. The shared system according to claim 1, wherein

the display unit of the terminal device is equipped with a liquid crystal screen and a touch panel arranged on the liquid crystal screen;

and

the first segmented area is an area designated by the user by operating the touch panel.

3. The shared system according to claim 1, wherein

the display unit of the terminal device is equipped with a liquid crystal screen and a touch panel arranged on the liquid crystal screen;

and

the first segmented area is an area the position and the size of which are designated by the user by operating the touch panel.

4. The shared system according to claim 3, wherein

the first segmented area is an area formed on the liquid crystal screen by the user by operating the touch panel.

5. The shared system according to claim 1, wherein

the terminal device is a digital signage apparatus.

6. The shared system according to claim 1, wherein

the server receives the authentication information of the user from the terminal device and forms a dedicated screen for the user if the authentication information is accordant with information pre-registered concerning the user.

7. A terminal device, comprising:

a display unit configured to segment a display area and display different contents in different segmented areas;

an interface unit configured to control the communication with a server; and

a control unit configured to cause the interface unit to send the resolution information of a first segmented area which is one of the segmented areas and receive a screen which is generated by the server according to the resolution information and on which data can be viewed or edited and the first segmented area of the display unit to display the screen.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein

the terminal device is arranged outdoors or in a shared space to be shared.

9. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein

the display unit is equipped with a liquid crystal screen and a touch panel arranged on the liquid crystal screen;

and

the first segmented area is an area designated by the user by operating the touch panel.

10. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein

the display unit is equipped with a liquid crystal screen and a touch panel arranged on the liquid crystal screen;

and

the first segmented area is an area the position and the size of which are designated by the user by operating the touch panel.