Conference support system which associates a shared object with data relating to said shared object
First Claim
1. A conference support system comprising a plurality of computers each of which includes a graphical user interface system and is connected by a communication network, wherein each of said plurality of computers includes:
- a storage section having an area in which object data drawn on a shared partial screen area are stored with associated data relating to said object data;
a communication interface sharing said object data and associated data with another computer in said plurality of computers through said communication network by access operation by a user to the shared partial screen area, anda display control module for displaying the object data and the associated data relating to said object data, which are stored in said storage section, on an area of said display section different from said shared partial screen area of each of said plurality of computers in association with each other.
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Abstract
A conference support system includes a plurality of computers provided with a graphical user interface (GUI) system and connected by a communication network. Each computer includes a storage section having an area in which a drawing object, such as graphics, characters or the like drawn on a partial screen area shared through the communication network by access by user to the shared partial screen area and comment data concerning the drawing object are stored in association with each other, and a display control module by which the drawing object and the comment data associated with each other and stored in the storage section are displayed on a display section in association with each other, whereby a conference by users with each other can be conducted in such a manner that an individual intention for the drawing object is clearly given to participants in real time while accessing the shared partial screen area such as a shared window.
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1. A conference support system comprising a plurality of computers each of which includes a graphical user interface system and is connected by a communication network, wherein each of said plurality of computers includes:
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a storage section having an area in which object data drawn on a shared partial screen area are stored with associated data relating to said object data; a communication interface sharing said object data and associated data with another computer in said plurality of computers through said communication network by access operation by a user to the shared partial screen area, and a display control module for displaying the object data and the associated data relating to said object data, which are stored in said storage section, on an area of said display section different from said shared partial screen area of each of said plurality of computers in association with each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A conference support system comprising a window system formed by a plurality of computers connected by a communication network, wherein each of said plurality of computers comprises:
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display means for displaying a common image on a screen area shared through said communication network, designating means for designating an object displayed on the shared screen area of said display means, inputting means for inputting comment data relating to the object designated by said designating means, storing means for storing the comment data inputted by said inputting means, the comment data being stored in correspondence with the object designated by said designating means, display control means for displaying the object designated by said designating means and the comment data relating to the object, which are stored in said storing means, on said display means in association with each other, communication control means for transmitting and receiving said object data and said comment data to and from another computer in said plurality of computers in association with each other so that said object and said comment data stored in said storing means are used in common through said communication network, and central processing means for controlling said display means, said designating means, said inputting means, said storing means, said display control means and said communication control means.
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13. A conference support system comprising a window system formed by a plurality of computers connected by a communication network, wherein each of said plurality of computers comprises:
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a display means for displaying a common image on a screen area shared through said communication network, designating means for designating an object displayed on the shared screen area of said display means, inputting means for inputting comment data relating to the object designated by said designating means, storing means for storing the comment data inputted by said inputting means, the comment data being stored in correspondence with the object designated by said designating means, display control means for displaying the object designated by said designating means and the comment data relating to the object, which are stored in said storing means, on said display means in association with each other, and communication control means for transmitting and receiving said object data and said comment data to and from another computer in said plurality of computers in association with each other so that said object and said comment data stored in said storing means are used in common through said communication network, and wherein graphic data indicating said object in association with said object is used in common through said communication network.
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14. A conference support system comprising a window system formed by a plurality of computers connected by a communication network, wherein each of said plurality of computers comprises:
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display means for displaying a common image on a screen area shared through said communication network, designating means for designating an object displayed on the shared screen area of said display means, inputting means for inputting comment data or graphic data relating to the object designated by said designating means, storing means for storing the comment data or graphic data inputted by said inputting means, the omment data being stored in correspondence with the object designated by said designating means, display control means for displaying the object designated by said designating means and the comment data or the graphic data related to the object, which are stored in said storing means, adjacent to said object data on said display means in association with each other, communication control means for transmitting and receiving said object data and said comment data or said graphic data to and from another computer in said plurality of computers in association with each other so that said object and said comment data or said graphic data stored in said storing means are used in common through said communication network, and central processing means for controlling said display means, said designating means, said inputting means, said storing means, said display control means and said communication control means. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A conference support system comprising a window system formed by a plurality of computers connected by a communication network, wherein each of said plurality of computers comprises:
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display means for displaying a common image on a screen area shared through said communication network, designating means for designating an object displayed on the shared screen area of said display means, inputting means for inputting comment data relating to the object designated by said designating means, storing means for storing the comment data inputted by said inputting means, the comment date being stored in correspondence with the object designated by said designating means so that said object and said comment data stored in said storing means are used in common through said communication network, and display control means for displaying the comment data relating to said object on a screen of said display means having the shared screen area in a form changed over between a condition in which said plurality of computers interlock with each other and a condition in which said plurality of computers do not interlock with each other.
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