Server unit, a client unit, and a recording medium in a computer system

• US 8,683,376 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2009
• Issued: 03/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Toda, Naoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): TITCOMB, WILLIAM D
• Application Number:
  US12/405,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20090241057A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,834 Days
• Field of Search: 715/765, 715/744, 715/781, 709/203, 345/667
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• 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 2340/02 Handling of images in compressed format, e.g. JPEG, MPEG
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/027 Arrangements and methods specific for the display of internet documents
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

When having determined that the input event from a client unit is the selection of an object, a server unit requests the client unit to transmit display area information that sets a display screen area on the drawing data. The server unit acquires the display area information transmitted from the client unit in response to the request. The server unit determines whether the area of the object selected on the drawing data fits in the display screen area corresponding to the acquired display area information. If having determined that the area of the object does not fit in the display screen area, the server unit changes the display area information so that the area of the object may fit in the display screen area and transmits the changed display area information to the client unit. The client unit displays the drawing data received from the server unit.

Claims

1. A non-transitory server unit in a server-based computing system which includes (a) a drawing data creating section that creates drawing data including an object which comprises at least one of a list box and a text box according to an input event from a client unit and (b) a drawing data transmitting section that transmits the drawing data created by the drawing data creating section to the client unit, the server unit comprising:

an object selection determining section which determines whether the input event from the client unit is a selection of a single object included in the drawing data;

a display area information request section which, if the object selection determining section has determined that the input event from the client unit is the selection of the single object, requests the client unit to transmit display area information found by the client unit indicating where the client unit presently displays, wherein the display area information corresponds to a part of the drawing data;

a display area information acquisition section which acquires the display area information transmitted from the client unit;

an object judging section which judges whether a display screen area corresponding to the display area information includes a part area of the single object selected on the drawing data;

a display area information changing section which, if the object judging section has determined that the display screen area includes the part area of the single object selected on the drawing data, changes the display area information so that the display screen area includes all areas of the single object selected on the drawing data; and

a display area information transmitting section which transmits the display area information changed by the display area information changing section to the client unit.

2. The non-transitory server unit according to claim 1, wherein the display area information changing section changes the display area information such that the area of the object corresponds with the display screen area and the area of the object comes at the center of a display screen.

5. The non-transitory server unit according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the display area information includes (a) starting point coordinates corresponding to the top left of a display screen area in the drawing data and (b) height and width from the starting point coordinates.

6. The non-transitory server unit according to claim 5, further comprising:

area size determining section which determines whether the area of the object selected on the drawing data is greater than the display screen area corresponding to the display area information acquired by the display area information acquisition section; and

object area reducing section which, if the area size determining section has determined that the area of the object selected on the drawing data is greater than the display screen area, reducing the area of the object on the drawing data to correspond with the display screen area.

7. The non-transitory server unit according to claim 5, wherein the display area information changing section includes display area information rotation changing section which changes the display area information by rotating the height and width of the display area information.

8. The non-transitory server unit according to claim 6, further comprising font size changing section which, if the object area reducing section has reduced the area of the object on the drawing data to correspond with the display screen area, changes the font size of the characters written in the area of the object to correspond with the reduced area of the object.

3. A non-transitory server unit in a server-based computing system which includes a drawing data creating section that creates drawing data including an object which comprises at least one of a list box and a text box according to an input event from a client unit, a display area information acquisition section that acquires display area information indicating a display screen area on the drawing data in the client unit, and a drawing data transmitting section that, according to the display area information acquired by the display area information acquisition section, cuts out the drawing data created by the drawing data creating section and transmits the cut-out drawing data to the client unit, the server unit comprising:

an object selection determining section which determines whether the input event from the client unit is a selection of a single object included in the drawing data;

an object judging section which, if the object selection determining section has determined that the input event from the client unit is the selection of the single object, judges whether a display screen area corresponding to the display area information includes a part area of the single object selected on the drawing data acquired by the display area information acquisition section; and

display area information changing section which, if the object judging section has determined that the display screen area includes the part area of the single object selected on the drawing data, changes the display area information so that the display screen area includes all areas of the single object selected on the drawing data.

4. The non-transitory server unit according to claim 3, wherein the display area information changing section changes the display area information such that the area of the object corresponds with the display screen area and the area of the object comes at the center of a display screen.

9. A non-transitory client unit in a server-based computing system which includes an input event transmitting section that transmits an input event corresponding to a user operation to a server unit, a drawing data receiving section that receives drawing data including an object which comprises at least one of a list box and a text box created and transferred by the server unit in response to an input event transmitted by the input event transmitting section, and a display control section that cuts out the drawing data received by the drawing data receiving section and displays the cut-out drawing data in a display screen area, the client unit comprising:

a transmission request receiving section which receives from the server unit a request to transmit display area information that sets the display screen area;

a display area information transmitting section which transmits the display area information to the server unit in response to the reception of the display area information transmission request from the transmission request receiving section;

a change information receiving section which receives the display area information changed by the server unit in response to the transmission of the display area information to the server unit by the display area information transmitting section; and

a display screen area changing section which, if the change information receiving section has received the changed display area information, changes the display screen area so as to correspond to the changed display area information, wherein if the display screen area has changed to include a part area of a single object selected from the drawing data, the display screen area is changed to include all areas of the single object selected on the drawing data.

10. The non-transitory client unit according to claim 9, wherein the display screen area changing section changes, if the change information receiving section has received the changed display area information, the display screen area which is cut out by the display control section so as to correspond to the changed display area information.

11. A non-transitory recording medium from which a computer of a server unit is able to read instructions and in which a process for transmitting drawing data including an object which comprises at least one of a list box and a text box, created in accordance with an input event from a client unit, to the client unit is recorded as a program, said program comprising the processes of:

determining whether the input event from the client unit is a selection of single object included in the drawing data;

requesting the client unit to transmit display screen information that sets a display screen area on the drawing data, if it is determined that the input event from the client unit is a selection of the object;

acquiring the display area information transmitted from the client unit in response to the transmission request;

determining whether a display screen area corresponds to the display screen area information that includes a part area of the single object included in the drawing data;

changing the display area information so that the display screen area includes all areas of the single object selected on the drawing data in response to the display screen area including the part area of the single object included in the drawing data; and

transmitting the changed display area information to the client unit.

12. The non-transitory recording medium from which the computer of the server unit is able to read instructions according to claim 11, wherein the program comprises the process of changing the display area information such that the area of the object aligns with the display screen area and the area of the object comes at the center of a display screen if it is determined that the area of the object selected on the drawing data, as a whole, does not align with the display screen area corresponding to the display area information.

13. A non-transitory recording medium from which a computer of a server unit is able to read instructions, and in which processes for:

creating drawing data including an object which comprises at least one of a list box and a text box according to an input event from a client unit;

acquiring display area information indicating a display screen area on the drawing data in the client unit;

cutting out the created drawing data according to the acquired display area information; and

transmitting the cut-out drawing data to the client unit, are recorded as a program, said program comprising the processes of;

determining whether the input event from the client unit is selection of a single object included in the drawing data;

determining whether a display screen area corresponding to the display area information includes a part area of the single object selected on the drawing data if it is determined that the input event from the client unit is a selection of the single object; and

changing the display area information so that the display screen area includes all areas of the single object selected on the drawing data in response to the display screen area including the part area of the single object included in the drawing data.

14. The non-transitory recording medium from which the computer of the server unit is able to read instructions according to claim 13, wherein the program comprises the process of changing the display area information such that the area of the object corresponds with the display screen area and the area of the object comes at the center of a display screen if it is determined that the area of the object selected on the drawing data, as a whole, does not align with the display screen area corresponding to the display area information.

15. A non-transitory recording medium from which a computer of a client unit is able to read instructions and in which processes for:

transmitting an input event corresponding to a user operation to a server unit;

receiving drawing data including an object which comprises at least one of a list box and a text box created and transferred by the server unit in response to a transmitted input event; and

cutting out the received drawing data and displaying the cut-out drawing data in a display screen area, are recorded as a program, the program comprising the processes of;

receiving from the server unit a transmission request that sets the display screen area;

transmitting the display area information to the server unit in response to reception of the transmission request for the display area information;

receiving changed display area information in response to the transmission of the display area information to the server unit; and

changing the display screen area so as to correspond to the changed display area information, if the changed display area information is received, wherein if the display screen area has changed to include a part area of a single object selected from the drawing data, the display screen area is changed to include all areas of the single object selected on the drawing data.

16. The non-transitory recording medium from which a computer of a client unit is able to read instructions according to claim 15, wherein the program comprises the process of changing the display screen area to be cut out so as to correspond to the changed display area information, if the changed display area information is received.