Chat system terminal device therefor display method of chat system and recording medium

• US 6,370,563 B2
• Filed: 02/25/1997
• Issued: 04/09/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Murakami, Masahiko, Matsuda, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Burgess, Glenton B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): KUPSTAS, TOD A
• Application Number:
  US08/805,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20010011293A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,869 Days
• Field of Search: 395/200.33, 395/200.39, 395/200.35, 395/200.48, 348/13, 348/15, 345/370, 345/331, 345/332, 345/329, 345/756, 345/780, 345/758, 707/10, 709/203, 709/204, 709/205, 709/218
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation

Abstract

A chat system in which conversations by characters in plural channels are displayed, and of these conversations, a conversation in a main channel and conversations in other channels are displayed in individual regions 23, 24 on a display screen, and an inputted statement is displayed in an intermediate region 22 of the individual regions 23, 24. The chat system hence realizes a display method having a notice function for use while working in an office, and information extracting function enabled by electronic expression of conversations, along with a recording medium used for execution thereof.

Claims

1. A display method for a chat system for displaying simultaneous plural chat room conversations in plural chat room channels, and displaying a conversation corresponding to a main chat room channel and simultaneous plural conversations corresponding to other chat room channels other than the main channel in individual regions of a display screen, and displaying an inputted statement in an intermediate region of individual regions,

wherein a chat room channel other than the main chat room channel is converted into the main chat room channel when a predefined statement in an individual region corresponding to said other chat room channels is spoken in said other chat room channels.

2. A display method for a chat system for displaying simultaneous plural chat room conversations in plural chat room channels, and displaying a conversation corresponding to a main chat room channel and simultaneous plural conversations corresponding to other chat room channels other than the main channel in individual regions of a display screen, and displaying an inputted statement in an intermediate region of individual regions,

wherein said conversation corresponding to the main chat room channel and said conversations corresponding to other chat room channels are displayed in a time series so that a most recent statement is displayed at a position closest to the intermediate region of the individual regions,

wherein a chat room channel other than the main chat room channel is converted into the main chat room channel when a predefined statement in an individual region corresponding to said other chat room channels is spoken in said other chat room channels.

3. A computer memory product readable by a computer to execute a method for displaying conversation in a chat system, said computer memory product comprising:

sending and receiving conversations in plural chat room channels;

displaying, out of the conversations in plural chat room channels, a conversation in a main chat room channel and simultaneous plural conversations in chat room channels other than the main chat room channel in individual regions of a display screen;

displaying an inputted statement in an intermediate region of the individual regions; and

replacing a chat room channel of the other chat room channels as the main chat room channel when a predefined statement in an individual region corresponding to said other channel is spoken in said other region.

4. A computer memory product readable by a computer to execute a method for displaying conversation in a chat system, said computer memory product comprising:

sending and receiving conversations in plural chat room channels;

displaying, out of the conversations in plural chat room channels, a conversation in a main chat room channel and simultaneous plural conversations in chat room channels other than the main chat room channel in individual regions of a display screen;

displaying an inputted statement in an intermediate region of the individual regions; and

replacing a chat room channel of the other chat room channels as the main chat room channel when a predefined statement in an individual region corresponding to said other channel is specified,

wherein said displaying displays the conversations in the other chat room channels in a time series so that a most recent statement is displayed at a position closest to the intermediate region of the individual regions.

5. A computer program product for use with a chat room system, comprising:

a computer usable storage medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein for displaying conversations, said computer readable program code comprising;

causing a computer to send and receive conversations in plural chat room channels;

causing said computer to display, out of the conversations in plural chat room channels, a conversation in a main channel and simultaneous plural conversations in other chat room channels in individual regions of a display screen;

causing said computer to display an inputted statement in an intermediate region of the individual regions; and

causing said computer to replace the main chat room channel with another chat room channel from the other chat room channels when a predefined statement in an individual region corresponding to said another channel is spoken in said another chat room.

6. A computer program product for use with a chat room system, comprising:

a computer usable storage medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein for displaying conversations, said computer readable program code comprising;

causing a computer to send and receive conversations in plural chat room channels;

causing said computer to display, out of the conversations in plural chat room channels, a conversation in a main channel and simultaneous plural conversations in other chat room channels in individual regions of a display screen;

causing said computer to display an inputted statement in an intermediate region of the individual regions;

causing said computer to display the conversation in the main chat room channel and the conversations in the other chat room channels in individual regions of the display screen, displays the other channels in a time series so that a most recent statement is displayed at a position closest to the intermediate region of the individual regions; and

causing said computer to replace the main chat room channel with another chat room channel from the other chat room channels when a statement in an individual region corresponding to said another chat room channel is spoken in said another chat room.

7. A chat system and database capable of operating on a plurality of channels comprising:

a display device displaying a conversation in a main channel in a top window;

said display device displaying simultaneous plural conversations in other channels in a bottom window;

said display device displaying an inputted statement in a middle window between the top window and the bottom window;

said conversation in said top window is displayed sequentially from top to bottom;

said conversation in said bottom window is displayed sequentially from bottom to top;

a scanning device scanning conversations in said plurality of channels to find a preset keyword or a uniform resource locator (URL);

a storing device storing, when said scanning device finds said keyword or a URL, a predetermined number of lines before and after the keyword or URL in a database; and

a cataloging device allowing a user to retrieve from the database the stored predetermined number of lines corresponding to an inputted keyword or a URL.