Augmented auxiliary display

• US 10,331,294 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2017
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HRB Innovations Incorporated (H&R Block, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: HRB Innovations Incorporated (H&R Block, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kunakhovich, Maksim, Brown, C. Taylor, Sabapathi, Kabaleeswaran, Meade, Jr., Kenneth, Selvamoni, Umapathy
• Primary Examiner(s): Phantana-angkool, David
• Application Number:
  US15/496,438
• Publication Number:
  US 20180060018A1
• Time in Patent Office: 791 Days
• Field of Search: 715740
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1649 the additional display being independently orientable, e.g. for presenting information to a second user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• 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 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A system for providing a second user of a computer system with an additional auxiliary display for displaying the information on the primary display and additional augmented information to help the user more easily understand the information displayed on the primary display is disclosed. For example, the second display may show the information on the primary display and also additional information summarizing the information for the benefit of the second display. The additional information may be generated by the computer system, retrieved from the Internet, or generated by another computer connected to the computer system.

Claims

1. A system for displaying information to a first user and a second user, comprising:

a computer system comprising at least one processor communicatively coupled to a first display and a second display,

wherein the first display displays a shared screen region to the first user,

wherein the second display displays the shared screen region to the second user,

wherein the second display further displays a non-shared screen region to the second user,

wherein the first display does not display the non-shared screen region to the first user,

wherein the non-shared screen region displays information to assist the second user in understanding information displayed in the shared screen region, and

wherein the first user and the second user are automatically connected based on a profile of the second user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first display further displays an additional non-shared screen region, and wherein the second display does not display the additional non-shared screen region.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer system comprises a first computer connected to the first display and a second computer connected to the second display.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the second computer is a tablet computer integrating the second display.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the non-shared screen region displays information not accessible to the first user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the non-shared screen region displays a summary of the information on the shared screen region.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the non-shared screen region displays information retrieved from the Internet.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the information displayed on the non-shared screen region updates in response to a change in the information displayed on the shared screen region.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second displays are oriented so the first and second displays are viewed by the first user and only the second display is viewed by the second user.

10. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method for displaying information to a first user and a second user, comprising:

displaying a shared screen region to the first user on a first display;

displaying the shared screen region to the second user on a second display;

displaying, in a non-shared screen region to the second user on the second display, information to assist the second user in understanding information displayed in the shared screen region,

wherein the first display does not display the non-shared screen region to the second user;

displaying, in an additional non-shared screen region to the first user on the first display, information to assist the first user in communicating information to the second user, and

wherein the second display does not display the additional non-shared screen region,

wherein the first user and the second user are automatically connected based on a profile of the first user.

11. The media of claim 10, wherein information on the non-shared screen region of the second display can be edited by the second user and the information on the shared screen region of the second display can be edited by the first user simultaneously.

12. The media of claim 10, wherein the information displayed on the first and second displays can be edited by the first user.

13. The media of claim 10, wherein the second display is used to verify an identity of the second user.

14. The media of claim 10, wherein information indicative of a first edit displayed in the shared screen region of the first display is reflected in the shared screen region of the second display and information indicative of a second edit displayed in the shared screen region of the first display is not reflected in the shared screen region of the second display.

15. A method for displaying information to a first user and a second user, comprising:

automatically connecting the first user and the second user based on a profile of the first user;

displaying a shared screen region to the first user on a first display of a first computer; and

displaying the shared screen region to a second user on a second display and a non-shared screen region on the second display displays information to assist the second user in understanding information displayed in the shared screen region,

wherein the second display is associated with a second computer,

wherein the second display further displays a non-shared screen region to the second user,

wherein the first display does not display the non-shared screen region to the first user, and

wherein the second user edits the non-shared information displayed in the non-shared region of the second display and the shared information displayed in the shared region of the first and second displays.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first display further displays an additional non-shared screen region, and wherein the second display does not display the additional non-shared screen region.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the non-shared information displayed on the additional non-shared screen region of the first display and shared information displayed on the shared screen region of the first and second displays can be edited by the first user.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the non-shared region of the first display displays the edits of the second user when the second user edits the non-shared information displayed in the non-shared region of the second display.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the second user is able to control the information displayed on the first and second displays.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the second computer is a mobile device integrating the second display.