Client apparatus, computer system, computer readable program storage medium and display method, each for detecting change of display contents in status bar area to display the change

• US 8,620,997 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2010
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Toda, Naoto
• Primary Examiner(s): DENNISON, JERRY B
• Application Number:
  US12/722,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20100250660A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,390 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 715/253, 715/772
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/103 Detection of image changes, e.g. determination of an index representative of the image change
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols

Abstract

A client apparatus, which requests a service to a server apparatus and receives a result corresponding to the request, comprises: a receiving section for receiving screen data corresponding to the result and a position of a status bar area in the screen data from the server; a display section for performing a display based on the screen data; and a control section for detecting a change of display contents of the screen data based on the position of the status bar area and the screen data, causing the display section to perform the display except for the status bar area based on the screen data when it is not detected that the display content of the status bar area is changed, and causing the display section to display the status bar area when it is detected that the display content of the status bar area is changed.

Claims

1. A client apparatus, which requests a service to a server apparatus and receives a result corresponding to the request from the server, the client apparatus comprising:

a communication device that receives screen data including a communication status bar and a position of a communication status bar area indicating a connection destination or progress of obtainment of resource in the screen data from the server;

a display device that displays contents of the screen data; and

a control section that detects a change of content of the communication status bar area in the screen data, causes the display device to display except for the status bar area based on the screen data when it is not detected that the content of the status bar area is changed, and causes the display device to display the status bar area produced by cutting out the position from the screen data when it is detected that the content of the status bar area is changed,

wherein the content of the communication status bar area includes a communication status indicating at least one of a connection destination and progress information of obtainment of resource between the server and a network-server.

2. The client apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section hides the communication status bar area displayed on the display device when it is not detected in a predetermined period that the content of the status bar area is changed.

3. The client apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section causes the display device to display a predetermined area of the communication status bar area.

4. The client apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section causes the display device to display the content of the communication status bar area when it is detected in a predetermined period that the contents of a predetermined area of the screen data except for the communication status bar area is changed.

5. The client apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section causes the display device to display a part of the communication status bar area the content of which is changed.

6. The client apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section causes the display device to display the content of the communication status bar area in a predetermined position.

7. The client apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control section causes the display device to display the content of the communication status bar area based on a predetermined layout for the communication status bar area.

8. A computer system, comprising:

a client apparatus according to claim 1 and a server apparatus,

the server apparatus comprising;

a storage device that stores the screen data of a display screen of the server apparatus corresponding to the requested service;

a transmission section that obtains the position of the communication status bar area in the screen data and transmits the position of the communication status bar area to the client apparatus; and

a screen data transmission section that transmits the screen data to the client apparatus.

9. A non-transitory computer readable program storage medium which stores a program to be executed by a computer of a client apparatus for requesting a service to a server and receiving a result corresponding to the request from the server, the program comprising:

a receiving step for receiving screen data corresponding to the result of the request and a position of a communication status bar area indicating a connection destination or progress of obtainment of resource in the screen data from the server;

a display step for displaying the screen data on a display section; and

a control step for detecting a change of content of the communication status bar area so as to display the screen data except for the communication status bar area on the display section when it is not detected that the content of the communication status bar area is changed, and display the content of the communication status bar area by cutting out the position from the screen data when it is detected that the content of the communication status bar area is changed, wherein the content of the communication status bar area is a communication status between the server and a network-server.

10. A display method to be executed by a computer of a client apparatus that requests a service to a server and receives a result corresponding to the request from the server, the method comprising:

receiving screen data corresponding to the result of the request and a position of the communication status bar area in the screen data from the server;

displaying contents of the screen data on a display section; and

controlling so as to detect a change of content of the communication status bar area, display except for the communication status bar area based on the screen data on the display section when it is not detected that the content of the communication status bar area is changed and display the content of the communication status bar area on the display section by cutting out the position from the screen data when it is detected that the content of the communication status bar area is changed, wherein the content of the communication status bar area is a communication status between the server and a network-server.

11. The display method according to claim 10, wherein the controlling hides the communication status bar area displayed on the display section when it is not detected in a predetermined period that the content of the communication status bar area is changed.

12. The display method according to claim 10, wherein the controlling causes the display section to display a predetermined area of the communication status bar area.

13. The display method according to claim 10, wherein the controlling causes the display section to display the content in the communication status bar area when it is detected in a predetermined period that the contents of a predetermined area of the screen data except for the communication status bar area is changed.

14. The display method according to claim 10, wherein the controlling causes the display section to display a part of the communication status bar area the content of which is changed.

15. The display method according to claim 10, wherein the controlling causes the display section to display the content of the communication status bar area in a predetermined position.

16. The display method according to claim 15, wherein the controlling causes the display section to display the content of the communication status bar area based on a predetermined layout for the communication status bar area.

17. A client apparatus, which requests a service to a server apparatus and receives a result corresponding to the request from the server, the client apparatus comprising:

a communication means for receiving screen data including a communication status bar and a position of the communication status bar area indicating a connection destination or progress of obtainment of resource in the screen data from the server;

a display means for displaying contents of the screen data; and

a control means detecting a change of content of the communication status bar area in the screen data, causes the display means to display except for the status bar area based on the screen data when it is not detected that the content of the status bar area is changed, and causes the display means to display the status bar area produced by cutting out the position from the screen data when it is detected that the content of the status bar area is changed,

wherein the content of the communication status bar area includes a communication status indicating at least one of a connection destination and progress information of obtainment resource between the server and a network-server.