Information processing apparatus capable of opening two or more windows on screen, one window containing a page and other windows containing supplemental information

• US 5,367,623 A
• Filed: 09/25/1991
• Issued: 11/22/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Iwai, Toshiyuki, Aoki, Atsushi, Kubo, Noboru, Iizuka, Kunihiko, Yamauchi, Yumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Herndon, Heather R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Breene, John E.
• Application Number:
  US07/766,484
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• Field of Search: 395/155-161, 395/148, 395/700, 340/721-723, 345/901, 364/419.1, 364/419.17
• US Class Current: 715/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

An information processing apparatus has a capability of opening two or more windows and processing an object such as text, graphics, and a picture on each page. This information processing unit includes a pasting unit for pasting a tag window at any location on each page, a registering unit for registering one or more objects in the tag window, and a linking unit for linking the page to the tag window or unlinking the tag window from the page.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus which opens two or more windows on a screen, at least one window displaying a page of information, and processes one or more objects on each page, comprising:

means for pasting one or more tag windows at any location of each page;

means for registering one or more items of supplemental information, supplemental to information contained on a page, in said tag window pasted by said pasting means;

means for linking said page to said one or more tag windows pasted on said page;

an input means for receiving input data from an input device;

an input data processing means for identifying whether the input data concerns said tag window or a book composed of two or more pages;

a tag processing means for setting said tag window, registering one or more items in said tag window, and linking said tag window to said page if said input data processing means determines that said input data concerns said tag window;

a book means for registering one or more objects in said book, processing a page, turning over the pages composing said book, and retrieving a target page;

a linkage information registering means for registering linkage information about a relation between a tag and a tag-pasted page in a linkage information storing means;

a linkage information calling means for calling linkage information between the tag and the tag-pasted page from the linkage information storing means;

the linkage information storing means for storing said linkage information;

an output control means for controlling image output on screen; and

a display means for selectively displaying pages and tag windows on screen.

2. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said input means and tag processing means composes said pasting means, said tag processing means composes said registering means, and said linking means composes said tag processing means, linkage information registering means, and linkage information storing means.

3. An information processing apparatus which opens two or more windows on a screen, at least one window displaying a page of information, and processes one or more objects on each page, comprising:

means for pasting one or more tag windows at any location of each page;

means for registering one or more items of supplemental information, supplemental to information contained on a page, in said tag window pasted by said pasting means;

means for linking said page to said one or more tag windows pasted on said page or unlinking said page from said one or more tag windows depending on the location of said pasted tag window;

an input means for receiving input data from an input device;

an input data processing means for identifying whether the input data concerns said tag window or a book composed of two or more pages;

a tag processing means for setting said tag window, registering one or more items in said tag window, and linking said tag window to said page if said input data processing means determines that said input data concerns said tag window;

a book means for registering one or more objects in said book, processing a page, turning over the pages composing said book, and retrieving a target page;

a linkage information registering means for registering linkage information about a relation between a tag and a tag-pasted page in a linkage information storing means;

a linkage information calling means for calling linkage information between the tag and the tag-pasted page from the linkage information storing means;

the linkage information storing means for storing said linkage information;

an output control means for controlling an image output on screen; and

a display means for selectively displaying pages and tag windows on screen.

4. An information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said input means and tag processing means composes said pasting means, said tag processing means composes said registering means, and said linking means composes said tag processing means, linkage information registering means, and linkage information storing means.

5. An information processing apparatus which opens two or more windows on a screen, at least one window displaying a page of information from a book and processes one or more objects on each page, comprising:

means for pasting one or more tag windows at any location of each page;

means for registering one or more items of supplemental information, supplemental to information contained on a page, in said tag window pasted by said pasting means;

means for linking said page to said one or more tag windows pasted by said pasting means; and

means for displaying only a non-overlapped portion of said tag window linked to said page if said linked page is partially hidden under another page of the book.

6. An information processing apparatus according to claim 5, comprising:

an input means for receiving input data from an input device;

an input data processing means for identifying whether the input data concerns said tag window or a book composed of two or more pages;

a tag processing means for setting said tag window, registering one or more items in said tag window, and linking said tag window to said page if said input data processing means determines that said input data concerns said tag window;

a book means for registering one or more objects in said book, processing a page, turning over the pages composing said book, and retrieving a target page;

a linkage information registering means for registering linkage information about a relation between a tag and a tag-pasted page in a linkage information storing means,

a linkage information calling means for calling linkage information between the tag and the tag-pasted page from the linkage information storing unit;

the linkage information storing means for storing said linkage information,

an output control means for controlling an image output on screen; and

a display means for selectively displaying pages and tag windows on screen.

7. An information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said input means and tag processing means composes said pasting means, said tag processing means composes said registering means, said linking means composes said tag processing means, linkage information registering means, and linkage information storing means, and said means for displaying only a non-overlapping portion composes said book processing means and said display means.