Data storage device for displaying sticking or stocking memorandum data to recorded data along with a symbol indicative of a presence of the memorandum data

• US 5,787,312 A
• Filed: 09/21/1995
• Issued: 07/28/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Suzuki, Katsumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Thomas C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ton, David
• Application Number:
  US08/531,734
• Time in Patent Office: 1,041 Days
• Field of Search: 345/179, 345/435, 364/709.11, 364/705.06, 455/556, 386/44, 707/3, 707/526, 707/530, 707/541, 395/894
• US Class Current: 710/74
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A data storage device includes a memory for storing fixed-form data such as schedule data and a memory for storing handwriting memory data. When a particular key is operated when a schedule is displayed, a memorandum input screen is opened on the display. The user is able to input memorandum data by handwriting on the input screen or read-out and display already stored memorandum data on the input screen. By operating a key displayed on the input screen, the written or read-out memory data can be stuck as a memorandum to the displayed schedule or its date.

Claims

1. A data storage device which includes a memory for storing data and a display for displaying data read out from the memory as requested by a user, said data storage device comprising:

input screen displaying means for displaying, on a display screen on which data has been displayed, an input display screen through which memorandum data is inputted;

first sticking means for sticking to the displayed data the memorandum data inputted through the input display screen;

stocking means for stocking the memorandum data inputted through the input display screen without the memorandum data being stuck to the displayed data;

stocked data displaying means for reading the memorandum data stocked by said stocking means and for displaying the read memorandum data;

second sticking means for sticking to the displayed data the memorandum data displayed by said stocked data displaying means;

symbol displaying means for displaying the data to which the memorandum data is stuck by one of said first and second sticking means, along with a symbol indicative of a presence of the memorandum; and

memorandum data displaying means responsive to an operation of the displayed symbol for displaying the memorandum data stuck to the data.

2. The data storage device according to claim 1, further comprising means for selecting data to be stuck from among a plurality of stocked memorandum data.

3. The data storage device according to claim 1, wherein said input display screen comprises means for commanding one of sticking and stocking of the inputted memorandum data.

4. The data storage device according to claim 1, wherein:

said memorandum data displaying means comprises means for displaying a memorandum data output display screen, said memorandum data output display screen comprising means for commanding a separation of the memorandum data displayed on said memorandum data output display screen; and

said data storage device further comprising means responsive to the separation of the memorandum data for stocking the separated memorandum data.

5. The data storage device according to claim 1, further comprising tablet input means for covering said input display means, and wherein the memorandum data comprises handwritten data inputted through said tablet input means.

6. The data storage device according to claim 1, wherein the data stored in the memory comprises schedule data, and said sticking means comprises means for selecting one of a data and an event of the schedule data and means for sticking the selected one of the data and the event of the schedule data to the memorandum data.

7. A data storage device comprising:

first memory means for storing first data;

second memory means for storing memorandum data;

display means for displaying data; and

control means for one of sticking the memorandum data to the first data and separating the memorandum data from the first data;

wherein said control means comprises;

means for displaying on said display means an input display screen through which the memorandum data is inputtable while the first data is being displayed, said input display screen comprising means for enabling a user to issue one of a stick command for commanding sticking of the input memorandum data to the first data and a stock command for stocking of the input memorandum data without sticking the input memorandum data to the first data;

means responsive to the stick command for storing the memorandum data in said second memory means and for relating the first data to the memorandum data so as to stick the memorandum data to the first data, and responsive to the stock command for storing the memorandum data in said second memory means without relating the first data to the memorandum data;

means for displaying the first data to which the memorandum data is stuck, along with a symbol indicating that the memorandum data is stuck to the first data;

means responsive to an operation of the displayed symbol by the user for reading from said second memory means the memorandum data stuck to the first data and for displaying the read memorandum data; and

means responsive to a separation command for releasing the first data from the memorandum data stuck thereto.

8. The data storage device according to claim 7, wherein said control means comprises means for displaying a memorandum data output display screen on which the memorandum data stuck to the first data is displayed, said memorandum data output display screen comprising means for enabling the user to issue the separation command for releasing the first data from the displayed memorandum data stuck thereto, and means responsive to the release of the first data for storing the displayed memorandum data.

9. The data storage device according to claim 8, wherein said control means comprises means for reading the stocked memorandum data from said second memory means and for displaying the read memorandum data, and means responsive to the stick command for relating the displayed memorandum data to the displayed first data so as to stick the displayed memorandum data to the displayed first data.

10. The data storage device according to claim 9, further comprising a tablet input means for covering said display means, and wherein the memorandum data comprises handwritten data inputted through said tablet input means.