Multiple users working collaborative on a single, touch-sensitive “table top”display
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1. A method of providing resources in a collaborative input system comprising an interactive display surface, the method comprising:
- executing an application by a plurality of users of the interactive display surface, wherein at least two users of the plurality of users are simultaneously interacting with the collaborative input system;
providing a single common menu to the at least two users interacting with the execution of said application, the single common menu identifying a plurality of items, including at least one item for which there is a predetermined number of identical resources available; and
displaying on the interactive display surface a plurality of individual menus, each associated with one of the at least two users, wherein each individual menu;
comprises icons representing the plurality of items of said single common menu, including an icon representing the at least one item,displays the icon representing the at least one item with a number, the number representing the number of identical resources available for that at least one item, andadjusts each display of the number of identical resources available for the at least one item upon selection of the icon representing the at least one item by one of the at least two users,wherein the displayed number of identical resources is decreased by one in each of the plurality of individual menus upon selection of the icon representing the at least one item by one of the at least two users, and the displayed number of identical resources is increased by one in each of the plurality of individual menus upon deselection of the icon representing the at least one item by one of the at least two users.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method of providing resources in a collaborative input system comprising an interactive display surface, the method comprising: providing a common set of resources for a plurality of users; and selectively providing the common set of resources to individual users.
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1. A method of providing resources in a collaborative input system comprising an interactive display surface, the method comprising:
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executing an application by a plurality of users of the interactive display surface, wherein at least two users of the plurality of users are simultaneously interacting with the collaborative input system; providing a single common menu to the at least two users interacting with the execution of said application, the single common menu identifying a plurality of items, including at least one item for which there is a predetermined number of identical resources available; and displaying on the interactive display surface a plurality of individual menus, each associated with one of the at least two users, wherein each individual menu; comprises icons representing the plurality of items of said single common menu, including an icon representing the at least one item, displays the icon representing the at least one item with a number, the number representing the number of identical resources available for that at least one item, and adjusts each display of the number of identical resources available for the at least one item upon selection of the icon representing the at least one item by one of the at least two users, wherein the displayed number of identical resources is decreased by one in each of the plurality of individual menus upon selection of the icon representing the at least one item by one of the at least two users, and the displayed number of identical resources is increased by one in each of the plurality of individual menus upon deselection of the icon representing the at least one item by one of the at least two users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A collaborative input system comprising an interactive display surface, and adapted to:
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execute an application by a plurality of users of the interactive display surface, wherein at least two users of the plurality of users are simultaneously interacting with the collaborative input system; provide a single common menu to the at least two users interacting with said application, the single common menu identifying a plurality of items, including at least one item for which there is a predetermined number of identical resources available; and display on the interactive display surface a plurality of individual menus, each associated with one of the at least two users, wherein each individual menu; comprises icons representing the plurality of items of said single common menu including an icon representing the at least one item, displays the icon representing the at least one item with a number, the number representing the number of identical resources available for the at least one item, and adjusts each display of the number of identical resources available for the at least one item upon selection of the icon representing the at least one item by one of the at least two users, wherein the displayed number of identical resources is decreased by one in each of the plurality of individual menus upon selection of the icon representing the at least one item by one of the at least two users, and the displayed number of identical resources is increased by one in each of the plurality of individual menus upon deselection of the icon representing the at least one item by one of the at least two users. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A collaborative input system comprising an interactive display surface, and further comprising:
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means for executing an application by a plurality of users of the interactive display surface, wherein at least two users of the plurality of users are interacting with the collaborative input system simultaneously; means for providing a single common menu to the at least two users interacting with the execution of said application, the single common menu identifying a plurality of items, including at least one item for which there is a predetermined number of identical resources available; and means for displaying on the interactive display surface a plurality of individual menus, each associated with one of the at least two users, wherein each individual menu; comprises an icon representing the at least one item, including an icon representing the at least one item, displays the icon representing the at least one item with a number, the number representing the number of identical resources available for that at least one item, and adjusts each display of the number of identical resources available for the at least one item upon selection of the icon representing the at least one item by one of the at least two users, wherein the displayed number of identical resources is decreased by one in each of the plurality of individual menus upon selection of the icon representing the at least one item by one of the at least two users, and the number is increased by one in each of the plurality of individual menus upon deselection of the icon representing the at least one item by one of the at least two users. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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