Method and device for generating application data and storage medium containing thereon a program for generating application data

• US 6,336,125 B2
• Filed: 07/28/1998
• Issued: 01/01/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1997
• 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: Kugimiya, Shuzo, Noda, Yoshimune
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Joseph H.
• Application Number:
  US09/122,991
• Publication Number:
  US 20010016854A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,253 Days
• Field of Search: 707/507, 707/530, 707/531, 707/539, 707/541, 707/522, 707/6, 707/200, 345/329, 345/330, 345/348, 345/808, 345/863, 345/752, 345/753
• US Class Current: 715/246
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A method for generating data for an application includes the steps of determining a character string composed of at least one character to be transferred from a text displayed by a display, designating an attribution for the determined character string, and transferring the determined character string to a place corresponding to the designated attribution.

Claims

1. A method for generating data in a data file for an application from text displayed on a display of a pen-touch inputting tablet device having an associated input pen, wherein said application uses data from said data file having a plurality of different types of attributes, said method comprising the steps of:

determining by a user a character string in said text including at least one character to be put in said data file, wherein said determining is performed by touching the display with said input pen at a location that corresponds to the character string;

designating by the user an attribute for said character string, wherein said attribute corresponds to one of the plurality of different types of attributes used by said application, wherein said designating includes causing a pop-up menu to be displayed upon detection of removal of the input pen from the display after determining the character string, said pop-up menu including a list of available attributes for selection by the user with the input pen;

transferring said character string to said data file to generate said data, wherein said transferring includes automatically deciding where to transfer said character string in said data file based on the attribute designated by said user, and

maintaining said data file for use as an input data file for said application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said text is an electronic mail received from an external medium.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is a scheduling application and said plurality of attributes for said data used by said application include address, name, telephone number, mail address and content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said data file is a schedule data file for a scheduling application which is running on a same device as said method is being used, and further wherein said schedule data file is stored in a memory area designated for said schedule data file.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said steps of determining and designating are performed a plurality of times, thereby resulting in a plurality of designated character strings each having an associated attribute, and further wherein said step of transferring includes transferring all of said character stings to said data file at substantially the same time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of designating enables the user to selectively designate all of said text on said display, and further wherein said steps of designating and transferring are automatically executed upon selection of a predefined key.

7. A computer readable medium containing a computer program for generating data in a data file for an application from text displayed on a display of a pen-touch inputting tablet device having an associated input pen, wherein said application uses data from said data file having a plurality of different types of attributes, said computer program including instructions for enabling the following steps to be performed:

determining by a user a character string in said text including at least one character to be put in said data file, wherein said determining is performed by touching the display with said input pen at a location that corresponds to the character string;

designating by the user an attribute for said character string, wherein said attribute corresponds to one of the plurality of different types of attributes used by said application, wherein said designating includes causing a pop-up menu to be displayed upon detection of removal of the input pen from the display after determining the character string, said pop-up menu including a list of available attributes for selection by the user with the input pen;

transferring said character string to said data file to generate said data, wherein said transferring includes automatically determining where to transfer said character string in said data file based on the attribute designated by said user; and

maintaining said data file for use as an input data file for said application.