FR3064767A1 - COMPUTER SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR CONTENT MANAGEMENT - Google Patents

Abstract

A computer system includes a display screen (100), a processor, a computer application configured to display on the screen (100) a window (10) of the application that includes a workboard. Said application allows, in said window of the application, to open content frames (30, 31, 32) in the same workboard (20). Each content frame includes navigation means (311, 321) for accessing, and navigating through, an Internet or Intranet site within said content frame. Said application makes it possible to display several (31, 32) of said content frames (30, 31, 32) at the same time in said work board (20). The invention also relates to an assembly comprising such a system and another system. The invention also relates to a method and a corresponding computer program product.

Description

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©) Date of filing: 30.03.17. © Applicant (s): FEBRERO MARTIN DANIEL (30) Priority: ALEXANDRE— ES and SOSSOVER ADI-ITZHAK— FR. ©) Inventor (s): FEBRERO MARTIN DANIEL ALEXANDRE and SOSSOVER ADI-ITZHAK. (43) Date of public availability of the request: 05.10.18 Bulletin 18/40. (56) List of documents cited in the report preliminary research: Refer to end of present booklet (© References to other national documents ©) Holder (s): FEBRERO MARTIN DANIEL related: ALEXANDRE, SOSSOVER ADI-ITZHAK. ©) Extension request (s): ©) Agent (s): IPSILON.

COMPUTER SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR CONTENT MANAGEMENT.

FR 3 064 767 - A1

A computer system includes a display screen (100), a processor, a computer application configured to display an application window (10) on the screen (100) that includes a work board. Said application allows, in said application window, to open content frames (30, 31, 32) in the same work board (20). Each content frame comprises navigation means (311, 321) making it possible to access and navigate in an Internet or Intranet site inside said content frame. Said application makes it possible to view several (31, 32) of said content frames (30, 31, 32) at the same time in said work board (20). The invention also relates to an assembly comprising such a system and another system. The invention also relates to a method and a corresponding computer program product.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to computer systems and methods for managing content to be displayed, read or executed.

PRIOR ART

In particular, the state of the art of Internet browsers is known, which allow a user, via a computer system, such as a computer, to display on the screen a first associated Internet page. to first tab.

The user who browses said first Internet page and wishes to access a second Internet page in parallel must open a second tab of the Internet browser. However, the second newly displayed internet page, which is associated with the second tab, hides the first internet page previously displayed and associated with the first tab.

The use of such an Internet browser is therefore tedious for the user who wishes to be able to work or navigate in parallel on several windows since he must switch between the different tabs in which the different Internet pages are open.

Not only does the fact of having to switch from one tab to another to access the different Internet pages complicate navigation and the work of the user, but also the more the number of open tabs is important the longer the length of the label of the tab, which identifies the Internet page associated with the tab, is reduced, until nothing is indicated, which makes navigation between the Internet pages associated with the different tabs even more tedious for user.

In addition, the user's workspace is limited by the size of the computer screen so that, when the user wishes to work in parallel on an application, for example word processing software in online, and to consult Internet pages, he must reduce the size of the word processing window and the size of the Internet browser window, which does not allow him to work and / or navigate in good conditions, in particular when the user uses a portable computer whose screen usually has a size of 13 to 17 inches.

îo We also note that if the user has to interrupt his work and shut down his computer, he must, to resume his work, reopen the different work windows and / or navigation pages previously opened, which will cause him to waste significant time and requires him to remember the various tasks he was performing on the computer before his shutdown.

The object of the present invention is to propose a new computer system and corresponding method making it possible to overcome all or part of the problems set out above.

In particular, an object of the invention is to allow the user to be able to act on multiple content zones without the need to switch from one tab to another, and without the need to reduce the size of the zones. of content.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To this end, the invention relates to a computer system comprising:

- a display screen;

- a processor;

a computer application executable by the processor, said computer application being configured to display on the screen a window of the application, which comprises a main display frame, called a work board, characterized in that said application is also configured to allow, in said application window, to open content frames in the same work board, each content frame comprising navigation means making it possible to access and navigate in an Internet or Intranet site inside said content frame, and preferably means for executing a computer module of the application, for example a radio player module, said application being configured to allow viewing of several of said frames of contained at the same time in said work board.

The application thus makes it possible to open several content frames on the same work board, which allows the user to be able to carry out a multitude of navigations in the same application window, and possibly to be able to proceed a multitude of execution of application modules, in parallel and comfortably, without having to switch between different tabs.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, said work board has a surface, on which the content frames can be opened, which is greater than the display surface of the display screen.

The possibility of opening content frames on a larger surface than that which the screen can display at a given moment, combined with the possibility of opening several content frames within the same board, allows the user to be able to act in parallel on multiple content frames, and preferably to be able to interact with the corresponding content, without the need to switch from one tab to another, and without the need to reduce the size content frames.

According to a particular aspect, each content frame of a board remains accessible to the user, possibly by simple relative movement of the board relative to the display screen when one or more content frames are located, in all or part, outside the screen display area.

The application allows the user to access the different areas of the work board which are off the screen, that is to say not displayed on the screen, at a given time, preferably by scrolling of said board.

In addition, thanks to such a design of the system and of the method according to the invention, the user or a third party can recover a work board in the state in which it was re-recorded, that is to say find the content frames in the configuration corresponding to the configuration in which the corresponding sheet was saved. In particular, the user or third party finds the content frames in their respective positioning and sizing and the content of the content frames. The board of content frames retrieved can be viewed and / or modified at the option of the person who produced the board.

As detailed below, such a design of the system and method according to the invention also offers many other functionalities and advantages.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the board is movable, with the content frames open in said board, relative to the display screen to allow the user to view, and possibly interact with, one or content frames located, in whole or in part, outside the screen display area.

Advantageously, the application is configured so that, when a content frame of a board is located outside the display area of the screen, said content frame is accessible to the user by simple movement. relative of the board with respect to the display screen.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, said work board can be scrolled relative to the screen.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the application is configured so that the user can navigate on a website or

Intranet in one of the content frames of the board, at the same time as audio and / or video content is being played in another of said content frames of the board.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, each of the frames of the content is resizable and repositionable in the work board.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, said application is also configured for:

- save in a file, called a sheet file, parameters of the content frames of said work sheet, said parameters of each content frame comprising:

- the position and / or dimensions of said content frame;

- an address allowing access to the content of said content frame or a command to execute said content;

said application also being configured to allow loading of said sheet file so as to automatically reopen the content frames of said work sheet in accordance with their saved parameters.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the application is configured to open the content frames during the same session of execution of the application.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the application is configured to trigger an action on a content frame according to a parameter, or given, relating to another content frame, or according to the evolution in the time of a parameter, or of a data item, relating to said other content framework.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the application is configured to, during a user action on a content frame or depending on the content of the content frame, display an area defined by the application which is a control zone for said content and / or a data display zone distinct from said content and / or a data entry zone.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, said displayed area being a data entry area, the application is configured to associate this data with the content of the content frame, for example comments or ratings, so that when another user opens, from another copy of the application executed on another computer system, another content frame containing this content, the data associated by the application with said content are visible or accessible by said other user.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the application is configured so that, when an audio content from a content frame is being played and the user controls the playback of audio content from another content frame, playback of the audio content of the current content frame is paused or stopped, and the audio content of the other content frame is played.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the application comprises means for accessing:

a library, called user library, which contains the or each sheet file saved by the user, said application being configured to allow the user to load at least said or one of said sheet files or optionally to share it with a third party;

- a library, called public library, which contains one or more sheet files, recorded by a third party, said application being configured to allow the user to load said or one of said sheet files or optionally to save it in the user library.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, when opening an additional content frame, if the free display area on the screen is insufficient to allow the additional content frame to be displayed without overlapping with another content frame, the application is configured to, preferably by scrolling the work board, present on the screen a display area sufficient to open the additional content frame without overlapping with the other content frames.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the content of at least one of the content frames is an Internet or Intranet page from which the user can navigate while remaining in the display area delimited by the frame of content.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the content of at least one of the content frames is audio and / or video content.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the content of at least one of the content frames is the graphical user interface of a computer application executed locally or remotely, for example an audio and / or video conference application and / or file exchange and / or instant messaging.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the application is configured for:

- display a banner comprising several thumbnails representative of the open content frames of the working board, the organization of said thumbnails relative to the banner corresponding to that of the content frames relative to the working board;

- when the user points to an area of the banner, preferably move the work board by scrolling with its content frames to display the area of the work board corresponding to the pointed area of the banner.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the application is configured for:

- allow you to select part of the content displayed in a content frame, for example a part of content of text or image type, accessible at a given address,

- copy said selected portion of content by automatically associating with it the address to which said content is accessible, and

- paste said selected content part into another content frame with said address.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, each content frame is provided with a control bar comprising action elements making it possible to act on the content frame and / or on the content of said frame, for example to close, reduce magnify, and enable or disable audio when the content in the content frame includes audio content.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the application is configured to allow an additional work board to be opened, and the application window includes a tab area allowing the user to switch between said work boards. .

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the application includes sharing means making it possible to share a sheet file with one or more users, for example users of a given social network.

The invention also relates to an assembly comprising a computer system, called first computer system, as described above, and a second computer system, such as a smart phone or tablet, comprising a screen, characterized in that said second system includes an application configured to allow:

- load a sheet file generated from the first system;

- display on the screen a content frame of the workboard corresponding to said file, the other content frames not being displayed;

- following an action by the user on the second system, display another content frame of the board and hide the previously displayed content frame.

The invention also relates to a method implemented using a computer system which comprises a display screen, a processor, and a computer application executed by the processor, said method comprising the screen display of '' an application window, which comprises a main display frame, called a work board, characterized in that said method comprises at least the following step, implemented in said application window:

open content frames in the same work sheet, each content frame comprising navigation means making it possible to access and navigate in an Internet or Intranet site inside said content frame, and preferably, means for executing a computer module of the application, for example a radio player module, several of said content frames being arranged in said work board so that they can be viewed at the same time in said work board. job.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, said content frames are open on a surface of said work board which is greater than the display surface of the display screen

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, said method comprises ίο at least the following steps:

- save in a file, called a sheet file, parameters of the content frames of said work sheet, said parameters of each content frame comprising:

- the position and / or dimensions of said content frame;

- an address allowing access to the content of said content frame or an order for execution of said content,

- on another system provided with said application or on said system after closing and reopening of the application, load said sheet file so as to automatically reopen the content frames of said work sheet in accordance with their saved parameters.

The invention also relates to a computer program product comprising program code instructions for executing the steps of a method as described above, when said program is executed by a processor.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge from the description which follows, which is purely illustrative and not limiting and should be read with reference to the appended drawings, in which:

- Figure 1 is a schematic view of a computer system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

- Figure 2 is a schematic view of the screen of a computer system according to an embodiment of the invention, showing a content frame open in a work table of the computer application executed by said system;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the screen of a computer system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, showing the opening of two content frames in addition to a previously opened content frame as illustrated in Figure 2;

- Figure 4 is a schematic view showing the screen of Figure 3 and showing a virtual map to identify the relative position of the part of the board being displayed on the screen relative to all the board ;

- Figure 5 is a schematic view of a computer system according to an embodiment of the invention, which shows a content frame open in part of a board being displayed on the screen, the rest of the board and other content frames which are outside the screen being schematically dashed;

- Figure 6 is a schematic view of the screen of a computer system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, showing an interface of the application for accessing sheet files from a library of the user and those of a public library;

- Figure 7 is a view of a mobile type computer system on which is installed an application for opening a sheet file generated by a computer system according to the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The concept of the invention is described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which embodiments of the concept of the invention are shown. In the drawings, the size and relative sizes of the elements may be exaggerated for the sake of clarity. Similar numbers refer to similar elements in all of the drawings. However, this concept of the invention can be implemented in many different forms and should not be interpreted as being limited to the embodiments set out here. Instead, these embodiments are offered so that this description is complete, and communicates the scope of the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art. The scope of the invention is therefore defined by the appended claims. The following embodiments are examined, for the sake of simplification, in relation to the terminology and structure of a computer system and of a computer application making it possible to display and manage content.

A reference throughout the description to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with an embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, the appearance of the phrase "in one embodiment" at various locations throughout the specification does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. In addition, the particular features, structures, or features can be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.

In general, the invention relates to a computer system and a corresponding method for displaying and managing content frames.

In Figure 1 there is shown schematically a computer system 1 which includes a display screen 100. The computer system 1 comprises a memory 104, for example of the non-volatile type, and processing and calculation means. Advantageously, the processing and calculation means comprise a processor 102 and a random access memory.

The computer system 1 also includes a man-machine interface 101 allowing, for example, data entry and / or pointing to the screen. Said interface 101 may include peripherals such as a keyboard for entering data on the screen and a mouse, or touchpad, for pointing at different parts of the screen. Said data entry and / or pointing interface may also include a touch layer applied to the screen.

The computer system 1 is for example a computer, of the desktop computer or laptop type.

The computer system 1 also comprises a computer program, usually called the operating system, which is installed for example on the memory 104 of the computer system, and which makes it possible to control the use of the resources of the computer system 1. The operating system is for example of the Mac OS X type (developed by the Apple company) or Windows (developed by the Microsoft company) or of the LINUX type. The computer system 1 comprises a computer application 103 installed for example on said memory 104 or another memory, and executable by the processor 102. The computer application 103 is executed in the environment of the operating system.

When said computer application 103 is executed, an application window 10 is displayed on the screen 100. The window 10 defines the working environment within the application. The window 10 includes a main display frame 20, called a work board. As detailed below, window 10 also includes a command bar 110. This window 10 corresponds to a window for the graphical interface of the application 103.

Advantageously, the window 10 also includes a tab area 200 (see FIG. 2), for example located under the control bar 110, which includes, for each open work board, a tab associated with said board. This tab area is in the form of a strip that allows the user to switch between said workboards by selecting one or the other of the tabs.

The application 103 allows, for example by clicking on a given part of the tab strip, or by clicking on the button 115 on the command bar 110, to open one or more new boards. As detailed below, this button 115 allows access to plank libraries. Each open sheet has a tab in the tab area. The user can thus display on the screen a board open but hitherto hidden by another board by clicking on its tab, so that the board corresponding to the selected tab is displayed in window 10 in place of the previous page which remains selectable by its associated tab in the tab area.

For simplification, the following description is made in connection with the opening of a single board 20, but this description applies of course to other boards which can be opened in the application 103 and which are selected by the user. using the corresponding tabs in the tab area 200.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the application makes it possible to open in the board 20 a first content frame 30 which makes it possible to navigate on the Internet or on an Intranet. Advantageously, the application also makes it possible to execute a computer code whose result (or output) is displayed and / or read in the context of content. For example, the content frame can display the graphical interface of an audio or radio player, which corresponds to a computer program executed by the application, and play associated audio content which can be located locally or at distance (on the Internet).

For simplification, a content frame open in a sheet is in the following description called a cube. As detailed below, the application allows several other cubes 31, 32 to be opened in said board 20.

The application thus makes it possible to open several cubes in parallel on the same work board, which allows the user to be able to carry out a multitude of navigations in the same application window, and possibly to be able to carry out a multitude of execution of application modules, in parallel and comfortably.

Each cube includes navigation means or execution control means which for example include an input interface

301, 311, 321 appearing for example in the form of a field, making it possible to enter a content address or an execution command. Thus a user can enter in the said field the address of a remote resource for example to access an Internet or Intranet site or enter a command interpreted by the application 103 for the execution of a given computer module, such as a radio player, defined in the application. It can also be provided that when the user enters in said input interface 301, 311, 321 terms which are not recognized as an address and which are not recognized as an execution command by the application, then the field îo is behaves like a search engine by displaying the results of a search engine page that stand out when said terms are used as search terms.

According to one embodiment, said input interface is included in the command bar of the corresponding cube presented below. Provision can be made for said interface to appear when the user clicks on a given area of said command bar.

The user can thus navigate in the cube 30 on a given Internet or Intranet site then, without having to change the board, and without having to reduce or close the cube 30. The user can navigate on another website opened in a another cube, for example cube 33 presented below in connection with FIG. 5 and without leaving the board.

Plate 20 has a surface, on which the cubes can be distributed, which is greater than the surface of the screen. The user can access each area of the board surface. The user can access an invisible part of the screen (located virtually outside the screen) by a given user action, without having to use an additional screen.

Said user action can be, as explained below, a scrolling or unwinding action of the surface of the board relative to the screen, for example using the mouse wheel, with a key on the keyboard or with a user gesture on a touch screen layer. In other words, the user can move within the board to display the parts of the board outside the screen and thus access the different open cubes.

According to a preferred embodiment, the board 20 can be scrolled relative to the screen 100. At a given time, the display screen, even in the case of full screen display of the window 10 of the application, n 'displays only part of the active board 20. The other part of the active board 20 not displayed on the screen is accessible and therefore displayable by scrolling the board on the screen.

It is thus possible to open said cubes 30, 31, 32 without overlapping each other, by distributing them over a surface of the board greater than that displayed on the screen at a given instant. The cubes 30, 31, 32 can thus occupy a surface of the board 20 greater than the display surface of the screen 100. The user can thus distribute the cubes as he wishes in the space of the board without being constrained by screen size.

According to one embodiment, with reference to the graphical interface of the application 103, the board 20 is scrollable relative to the control bar 110 of the application which remains fixed relative to the screen 100 when the board 20 parade.

Advantageously, each board is thus in the form of a zone which can contain numerous cubes and through which one can move, for example by unwinding of said zone, without being hampered by the restricted dimension of the screen, in order to be able to open and handle as many cubes as you want in a fluid and comfortable way. It can be provided that the movement within said board, or the unwinding of said board, can be carried out without end or as a function of the positions occupied by the cubes.

Thus, when cubes extend over a surface of the board greater than that of the screen, the user can easily access these different cubes. Advantageously, the board can be scrolled from top to bottom and vice versa. We can also provide that the board can be scrolled in another direction, for example from left to right and vice versa. According to one embodiment, the scrolling (or scrolling in English) of the board is carried out in a fluid or continuous manner, that is to say without jerking. The scrolling is controlled by the user.

îo The user can easily go back and forth between the open cubes, without having to move them relatively relative to each other. Indeed, it suffices for the user to move, for example using the mouse, the display area of the screen in the surface of the board. If we consider the screen as a fixed repository, the user can move the board, in particular the area of the board displayed on the screen, in relation to the screen.

The user can view images in a cube, for example cube 31, while simultaneously listening to the radio by means of a radio player executed in another cube, for example cube 32. Advantageously, the user can act in parallel on the content of each of these contents, for example to navigate on one or more Internet or Intranet sites (cube 30 or 33), control the viewing of images (cube 31) and control listening to a station radio (cube 32), independently of the other cubes. In particular, browsing on an Internet or Intranet site of cube 30 leaves cube 33 present on board 20 (even if it is not displayed on the screen), so that at any time l The user can move across the surface of the board to navigate in cube 33.

Indeed, the user can navigate through the different cubes and possibly benefit and / or interact with modules executed in cubes, without it being necessary to switch between tabs, or to switch between contents by reduction / enlargement , since the cubes of a board remain accessible by simple relative movement of the part of the board displayed on the screen to access any cubes located wholly or partly outside the screen.

Each cube makes it possible to display and / or read and / or interact with content located at a given address and / or executed following a given command. As explained below, provision can be made for the user and / or the application to interact with said content.

îo According to a particular aspect, the surface occupied by a cube is less than that of the board 20. However, provision can be made to order the display in full screen mode of said cube which then occupies the surface of the screen, which remains smaller to that of the board. The cube can display in two dimensions (width and height) or in three dimensions (width, height and depth).

The opening of a cube is carried out for example following the selection of content by the user in a content library of the application 103, accessible for example by a button 113 in the application bar, or more to a search launched on a search engine, from a search field 112 included in the command bar 110.

It should be noted that each cube resembles a display window, but it should be noted that the cubes open in a work board are distinguished from the solutions known from the prior art in which several display windows, for example For example, several browser windows are open in an operating system, as explained below.

When the user launches application 103, a window corresponding to a session or execution instance of application 103 is opened. In the example illustrated in the figures, this application window is window 10. The opening of a cube in a work board takes place within this execution session of the application and the opening additional cubes in this same work board (or in another work board) are also performed within this same application execution session, without the need to launch a new application window corresponding to a new session or instance of execution of the application. Conversely, when opening several browsing windows of a web browser known in the prior art, several instances or execution session of the internet browser are opened. In other words, said internet browser known in the prior art launches (or executes) several versions (or copies) of itself to open several browser windows.

The content of each cube is opened from a local location or remotely, for example via the Internet or an Intranet. The contents of the different cubes can be of the same type or not - for example text, image, audio, video - as those displayed, read or executed by one or the other cubes.

Each cube is resizable and repositionable in the plate 20. In FIG. 2, the dashed rectangle represents a previous position of the cube 30, for example at the time of its opening. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the user can move the cube 30 in the board, for example towards the middle, and can enlarge (or reduce) the height and the width of said cube. As mentioned above, the user can also completely reduce or put the cube in full screen.

In the example illustrated more particularly in FIG. 3, the user has opened in the board 20 two other cubes 31, 32, after having opened, then resized and repositioned the cube 30 as illustrated in FIG. 2.

As shown by the dashed rectangle in Figure 3, which corresponds to the position of the cube 30 in Figure 2 before the opening of the other two cubes 31, 32, the position and dimensions of the cube 30 in the configuration of Figure 2 do do not allow, as is, to display simultaneously and in full on the screen, the cube 30 and the other two cubes 31, 32 without at least partial superimposition or resizing of said cubes.

However, thanks to the scrolling property of the board 20, the application 103 or the user scrolls the board 20 to free on the screen a display area of the board 20 sufficient to display the cubes 31, 32. The cubes 31, 32 are thus opened below (without overlapping) of the cube 30 which is moved upwards relative to the screen. As a variant, the cubes îo could have been opened above (without overlapping) the cube 30, the cube then being moved down relative to the screen. According to one embodiment, it is also possible to provide, in the case of lateral scrolling, that the open cubes are offset laterally with respect to the previously opened cube (s).

We can thus provide that, when opening an additional cube, if the free display area on the screen is insufficient to allow the additional cube to be displayed without overlapping with another cube, the application 103 is configured to scroll the board 20 by presenting on the screen a free area of the board sufficient to open the additional cube without overlapping with the other cubes.

The user can of course scroll the board to access the cube (s) at least partially removed from the screen.

Advantageously, the positioning of an additional cube is initially defined by the application 103 as a function of the position of the cube (s), being spread apart, for example on the side or at the bottom or at the top, of said open cube (s).

The user can resize and reposition each cube using the man-machine interface 101, for example by entering a corner of the cube to reduce or enlarge it, or by keeping the pointing active on the command bar of the cube and moving the mouse to move the cube within the board.

Advantageously, the user can perform different actions on the cubes and in particular, if desired, the user can superimpose the cubes in whole or in part. The user can also define the relative planes (for example background) in which the cubes are located in relation to each other.

îo According to one embodiment, each cube of a board is initially opened with predefined dimensions, which can be modified after opening. It can also be provided that the definition within a board of the initial opening dimensions can also be modified, for example using the button 114 of the command bar 110 which gives access to a parameter adjustment interface. of application 103.

In order to be able to locate and quickly and easily access a given area of the board which may be located outside the display area of the screen 100, the application 103 includes a marking strip 6 (see FIG. 4), the l The user can control the display, for example by pointing to an area of the screen, for example the right edge of the screen.

In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the strip 6 comprises several vignettes 60, 61, 62 representative of the open cubes 30, 31, 32 of the board.

Advantageously, the organization of said stickers between them and relative to the strip 6 corresponds to that of the cubes between them and with respect to the board 20. In other words, the positions of said thumbnails with respect to the strip correspond to the positions of the cubes with respect to the board .

Such a strip 6 forms a miniature map illustrating the locations of the cubes of the board and, preferably, the current position of the display area of the screen relative to the board. Thus in the example of FIG. 4, the dotted rectangle 600 symbolizes the position of the display screen relative to the upper and lower parts of the board. It is thus noted that the cube 30, symbolized on the map by the dotted rectangle 60, extends partly outside the current display area of the screen, while the other two cubes 31, 32 symbolized on the map by the dotted rectangles 61,62 are well contained in the current display area of the screen.

When the user points to an area of the strip 6, the board 20 scrolls relative to the screen, with its cubes (namely the cubes whose positions are attached to the board 20, that is to say whose 'state is not "pined" as detailed below) to display on the screen the area of the board corresponding to the pointed area of the banner 6. In other words, as long as the cubes are not in the state " pined ", the cubes placed on the board have a position linked to the board and then follow the movement of the board relative to the screen

In the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5, each cube 30, 31, 32 is provided with a control bar 300, 310, 320 allowing the cube to be manipulated, for example to close, reduce enlarge, and activate or inactivate audio when the content of the cube includes audio content.

In FIG. 5, the opening of the additional cube 33, for example of the Internet page type, which has a command bar 330 and an input interface 331, has been represented. The dotted lines are used in FIGS. 5 to schematize the extent of the board 20 and the positions, outside the screen of the cubes 30, 31, 32 with respect to this board 20. In the example of FIG. 5, the cube 33 occupies a large part of the area of the board 20 which is displayed on the screen so that the cubes 30, 31, 32 previously opened are found outside the screen. It is understood that the user can move, for example using a mouse wheel, the display area of the screen relative to the board 20 to display the different areas of the board which are not visible in same time due to the limited size of the screen. It is thus understood that the user can access, for example by scrolling the board relative to the screen, to the different parts of the board, and in particular to the areas of the board at which the cubes 30, 31 are positioned, 32

Advantageously, each cube can also be pivoted on itself, for example by 70 °. As detailed below, it is possible to freeze the display of a cube. The cubes can be active or selectively inhibit. It is also possible to fix the position of one or each cube in relation to the board or in relation to the screen.

In particular, a cube can be in a so-called pinned state when the user assigns it a fixed and absolute position on the screen. Thus, if the user scrolls the corresponding board, the “pinned” cube will not move, while the rest of the board will scroll relative to the screen and to the “pinned” cube with the other cube (s) associated with said board and not defined as "pinned".

When the content of a cube is of audio type, the user can control the sound from the cube's command bar. In particular, the user can choose to cut or activate the audio of said content. According to one embodiment, the user can cut or activate the audio of each of the corresponding cubes individually. We can predict that activating the sound on one cube cuts the sound on the other cubes.

According to one embodiment, the application also allows the user to freeze a cube. In this state, you can no longer scroll or scroll (content in English) content inside a cube, whether vertically or horizontally. The user can therefore display a specific area of a website in a cube, then freeze the cube. The displayed area of the website will be frozen and insensitive to a command to scroll content within the cube.

According to one embodiment, the application also allows the user to freeze the board. In this state, all the cubes present in the board are frozen. They can no longer be moved or resized. However, the user can continue to interact with the content of each of the cubes, scroll through the content inside the cubes, and scroll through the board.

According to one embodiment, each cube operates in real time simultaneously with the other cubes on the board, in the sense that the fact that the user acts on a cube does not necessarily deactivate the other cubes which can continue for example to read file or update the data display.

The content of a cube 30 is for example a content of one of the following types or a combination of all or part of the following types: text; data entry fields, image; audio; video ; computer application.

In particular, the content of a cube can be a web page from which the user can navigate while remaining in the display area delimited by the cube. The contents of a cube can also be an audio and / or video file played in the cube. The read file can be located at a local system address or remote.

When the content is of “computer application” type, the cube displays the graphical user interface of a computer application executed locally or remotely, for example an audio and / or video conference application, and / or an exchange application. file and / or instant messaging and / or an audio and / or video player, an image viewer, an application for managing decorative elements for boards (images, buttons, texts ...) or games line. Said application can also be a note taking application, a text editor, a spreadsheet ... Such a computer application, also called "In-app" opens directly in a cube of the application.

Said in-app application is executed and displayed in a cube within the application 103 according to the invention.

The user can act on the content of each cube independently of the other cubes. However, the user can also create interactions between the contents of different cubes.

According to one embodiment, the application 103 is configured to trigger an action on a cube as a function of a parameter or of data relating to another cube, or even as a function of an event, that is to say that is, the evolution over time of a parameter or data relating to another cube. Said data relating to a cube may be the content of the cube.

For example, when an audio content of a cube is being played and the user orders the playback of audio content of another cube, the audio content of the current cube is played paused or stopped, and the audio content of the other cube is played.

According to one embodiment, following a user action on a cube, such as positioning the mouse on one side of the cube, or depending on the content of the cube, the application displays a specific area linked to the cube . This area is defined by the application as opposed to an area that would be defined by the creator or provider of the content. This area can be a control area for said content and / or a data display area separate from said content and / or a data entry area.

According to one embodiment, said displayed area is a data entry area, for example for entering comments or ratings related to the content of the cube. The application 103 is configured to associate this data with the content of the cube, so that, when another user opens, from another system on which another copy of the application is installed, another cube including this content, then the data associated by the application 103 with said content is visible or accessible by said other user. The other copy of the application running on the other user's system can in particular display a specific zone associated with said other cube which contains said data. However, it should be noted that the associated data is not part of the content, so that the display of the content by an application other than that of the invention does not allow access to said data associated with the content.

It can be provided that the application 103 controls or regulates the positioning of the cubes according to their respective positions to prevent them from overlapping.

According to a particular aspect, the application makes it possible to open cubes which are configured to, according to the content, for example text, of one or other cubes, to perform an action when a given content, for example a text, given appears or disappears.

We can thus foresee that, via the application 103, the cubes communicate information to all or part of the other cubes, during the realization of a given event, which can then lead to one or more actions executed by the 'application.

The application thus makes it possible to communicate data from one cube to another while retaining the possibility of operation of each cube independently from the other cubes.

In other words, each cube can operate independently of the other cubes but can also allow interaction with another cube, such as the audio management explained above. The application 103 makes it possible to generate an interaction between cubes and / or an opening of an additional cube according to predefined data.

Plate 20 thus corresponds to a workspace, within application 103, which groups together cubes in a given state. According to one embodiment, the board 20 contains the information relating to each of its cubes, as well as information on its own state: wallpaper, as well as configuration and operating options.

Said application also makes it possible to save a board 20 in a file 51, called a board file, as illustrated in FIG. 5. The recording of a board includes the recording of the parameters of the cubes of the board 20. Advantageously, registering a board also includes board state parameters. The recording can be carried out automatically, for example at a given frequency, or at the user's command, locally and / or remotely, for example on system 1, on the Internet or on an Intranet.

Said parameters of each cube 30, 31, 32 recorded in the sheet file include in particular:

- the position and / or dimensions of said cube;

the address (or path) or the command for executing the content of said cube: the address is for example a URL address when the content of the cube is content originating from the Internet, or a local address of the system when the content of the cube comes from a local file. In the case of content to be executed by the application, the address of the content corresponds to a command designating the code to be executed by the application, for example the location of the code to be executed.

Advantageously, said saved parameters of each cube also include additional parameters corresponding to state parameters of the cube defined by the user. Said state parameters include for example the pinned state ("pined") or not of the cube, the frozen state "freeze" or not of the cube, the mute state "mute" or not of the cube ...

The cubes of the same board are preferably subject to common rules defined for the board. The rules of a board include for example the opening parameters (initial size; initial position) of the cubes.

Said parameters can also include one and / or a combination of the following parameters:

- the position of the or each scroll bar of the cube, when the content of the cube extends over a surface greater than that defined by the dimensions of the cube;

îo - cube state parameters, such as the cube audio state, the fixed state or not in the cube space;

- the title of the content of the cube (which is preferably displayed in the command bar of the cube).

The corresponding sheet file 51 is stored in a memory which may be common with the memory on which the application 103 or the operating system is installed or another memory, for example a memory on removable media or a memory accessible from the 'Internet or Intranet.

Subsequently, said sheet file 51 can be loaded into the application 103 so as to automatically reopen the cubes 30, 31, 32 of the corresponding sheet 20 with their saved parameters. In other words after loading the file 51 in the application, the user finds the open cubes in the board displayed on the screen in the same configuration (positions, dimensions ...) as that in which said board, and therefore its cubes , have been previously registered.

The user can thus find the board 20 and therefore his working environment in the configuration in which he had left it at the time of recording. The user can therefore perform various tasks, such as working on other boards, and closing the application. He can then easily and quickly find the cubes of the board he previously saved and resume his activity on this board.

We can provide that the saved board can be reloaded by the user of the system or by a third party using another system on which the application is also installed. The sheet file can be saved with simple read, or read and write permission to modify it.

îo In particular, the user can share a sheet file to one or more other users, for example by clicking on the button 117 of the command bar 110. The sharing can be carried out according to different protocols, such as sending by messaging, on a social network, or on a server accessible to a third party.

According to an embodiment illustrated more particularly in FIG. 6, the sheet file can be saved in one or more libraries. A library corresponds to a local or remote location which groups sheet files.

In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, the application 103 is configured to access (read and write) a library 5 called user library to which third parties do not have access, and a library 7 called public library to which third parties have access. The user can thus, if desired, copy a sheet file previously saved in library 5 to library 7 to make it available to third parties. Conversely, the user can draw sheet files from the public library 7 and copy them to the (private) user library 5. The creator of a sheet file can assign read and / or write permissions to it. We can thus provide that a board created by a user is shared with another user who uses it as a working base and modifies it in his own way. Such a design of the application thus allows a simple, flexible and fast collaborative work.

Libraries 5 and 7 are accessible by the user from the button 115 on the command bar 110.

According to a particular aspect, the application 103 is configured for:

- allow to select a part of a content displayed in a cube 30, for example a part of content of text or image type, accessible at a given address, îo - copy said selected part of content by automatically associating the address with it which said part of the content is accessible, and

- paste the selected portion of content into another cube, with the address, the interior of which is, for example, in the form of a notepad.

According to a particular embodiment and as illustrated in FIG. 7, the user or a third party can open a sheet file, previously recorded using the first computer system, on a second computer system T, such as a telephone. smart or tablet, which includes a screen 100 ′, of smaller size than that of the screen of the first computer system 1 which is for example a computer of the desktop or laptop type as explained above.

The second computer system 1 ′ preferably comprises a so-called mobile operating system which is, for example, of the Android (developed by the company Google) or iOS (developed by the company Apple) type.

To this end, said second system 1 ′ comprises a so-called mobile application configured to allow loading of a sheet file generated from the first system 1 and making it possible to display on the screen the cube 30 of sheet 20 corresponding to said file board, the other cubes not being displayed. The cubes of the board are displayed one by one on the screen, by a user action on the second system Γ, for example by a movement of the finger on the screen from left to right or vice versa. Following such an action, another cube, for example cube 31 (the neighboring cube) is displayed on the screen and cube 30 previously displayed is hidden. We can also plan to create a sheet file from the second system 1 ’and open it in the application 103 of the first system.

The user can thus find on a mobile device the cubes of a board saved from a computer.

The process steps and the functions of the application 103 or of the mobile application described above can be implemented in the form of computer program (s). This computer program (s), or computer instructions, may be contained in program storage devices, for example computer readable digital data storage media, or executable programs. Programs or instructions can also be executed from program storage devices.

For example, the application 103 includes a client part which can be developed using Electron, a derivative of the Chromium engine, and the interface of the application 103 can be designed in HTML5, Javascript. .

The background part (or backend in English) of the application 103 can be designed from Node.js which is a JavaScript software platform oriented towards network applications. The client part of the application running on the 1 'mobile computer system can be developed from the React Native application, or in Swift language (for iOS type systems) or in Java language (for Android type systems ).

The invention is not limited to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings. Consequently, it should be understood that, when the features mentioned in the appended claims are followed by reference signs, these signs are included only for the purpose of improving the intelligibility of the claims and are in no way limitative of the scope of the claims.

In addition, the term "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps. In addition, features or steps which have been described with reference to one of the embodiments set out above can also be used in combination with other features or steps of other embodiments set out above.

A work board corresponds to a two-dimensional space and therefore forms a surface on which cubes can be distributed which the user can simultaneously view on the screen when they are located on a display area of the work board. work less than or equal to the screen size or that the user can successively view by relative movement of the screen display area in this two-dimensional space. Thus a work board is a two-dimensional space (surface) as opposed to a tabbed display or navigation system which can be considered as a dimension space greater than two dimensions. Each tab in addition to the display area of the current tab can be considered as an additional dimension.

Thus, the surface of the working board is indeed the surface of the working board which the user can access without leaving the working board and not the addition of the surfaces of a possible plurality of open boards in different tabs. .

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1. Computer system (1) comprising: - a display screen (100); 5 - a processor (102); - a computer application (103) executable by the processor (102), said computer application (103) being configured to display on the screen (100) a window (10) of the application, which comprises a main display frame (20), called a work board, characterized in that said application (103) is also configured to allow, in said application window, to open content frames (30, 31, 32) in the same work board (20), each content frame comprising navigation means (301, 311, 321) allowing access to, and navigation in, an Internet or Intranet site at Inside said content frame, and preferably means for executing (301, 311, 321) a computer module of the application, for example a radio player module, said application (103) being configured to allow viewing of multiple (31, 32) of said content frames (30, 31, 32) at the same time in said 20 work board (20). 2. Computer system (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that said work board (20) has a surface, on which the content frames (30, 31, 32) can be opened, which is greater than the surface 25 display screen (100) display. 3. Computer system (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the board (20) is movable, with the content frames open in said board, relative to the display screen (100) to allow the user 30 to view, and possibly interact with, one or more content frames located, in whole or in part, outside the display area of the screen. 4. Computer system (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that said work board (20) is scrollable relative to the screen (100). 5. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, 5 characterized in that the application is configured so that the user can navigate on an Internet or Intranet site in one (30) of the content frames of the board, together with audio content and / or video is being played in another (32) of said content frames on the board. îo 6. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each of the content frames (30, 31, 32) is resizable and repositionable in the work board (20). 7. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, 15 characterized in that said application (103) is also configured for: - Save in a file (51), called sheet file, parameters of the content frames of said work plate (20), said parameters of each content frame (30, 31, 32) comprising: - the position and / or dimensions of said content frame; 20 - an address allowing access to the content of said content frame or an order for execution of said content; said application also being configured to allow loading of said sheet file (51) so as to automatically reopen the content frames (30, 31, 32) of said work sheet (20) according to their parameters 25 recorded. 8. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application (103) is configured to trigger an action on a content frame according to a parameter, or given, relative 30 to another content frame, or as a function of the evolution over time of a parameter, or of a data item, relating to said other content frame. 9. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application is configured for, during a user action on a content frame or as a function of the content of the content frame, display an application-defined zone which is a zone for controlling said content and / or a zone for displaying data distinct from said content and / or a zone for entering data. 10. Computer system (1) according to claim 9, characterized in that said displayed area being a data entry area, the application is configured to associate this data with the content of the content frame, for example comments or comments. notations, so that when another user opens, from another copy of the application running on another computer system, another content frame containing this content, the data associated by the application to said content are visible or accessible by said other user. 11. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application (103) is configured so that, when an audio content of a content frame is being played and that the user controls playback of audio content from another content frame, playback of audio content from the current content frame is paused or stopped, and audio content from the other content frame is played . 12. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application (103) comprises means for accessing: a library, called user library (5), which contains the or each sheet file (51) recorded by the user, said application being configured to allow the user to load at least said or one of said files board or possibly share it with a third party; - a library, called public library (7), which contains one or more sheet files, recorded by a third party, said application being configured to allow the user to load said or one of said sheet files or optionally the 'save in the user library. 13. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that, when opening an additional content frame, if the free display area on the screen is insufficient to allow display the additional content frame without overlapping with another content frame, the application (103) is configured to, preferably by scrolling the work board (20), present on the screen a display area sufficient to open the additional content frame without overlapping with the other content frames. 14. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the content of at least one of the content frames is the graphical user interface of a computer application executed locally or remotely, by example an audio and / or video conference and / or file exchange and / or instant messaging application. 15. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application is configured for: - Displaying a strip (6) comprising several thumbnails (60, 61, 62) representative of the open content frames (30, 31, 32) of the work board (20), the organization of said thumbnails relative to the strip corresponding to that content frames relative to the work board (20); - when the user points to an area of the banner (6), preferably move the work board (20) with its content frames by scrolling to display the area of the work board (20) corresponding to the pointed area of the banner (6). 16. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application (103) is configured for: - allow to select a part of a content displayed in a content frame (30), for example a part of content of text or image type, 5 accessible at a given address, - copy said selected portion of content by automatically associating with it the address to which said content is accessible, and - paste said selected content part into another content frame with said address. 17. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each content frame (30, 31, 32) is provided with a control bar (300) comprising action elements making it possible to act on the content frame and / or the content of said frame, for example to 15 close, reduce enlarge, and turn audio on or off when the content in the content frame includes audio content. 18. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application (103) is configured to allow opening 20 an additional work board, and the window (10) of the application includes a tab area (200) allowing the user to switch between said work boards. 19. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, 25 characterized in that the application comprises sharing means (117) making it possible to share a sheet file (51) with one or more users, for example users of a given social network. 20. Computer system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, 30 characterized in that each content frame is pivotable. 21. An assembly comprising a computer system (1), called the first computer system, according to one of the preceding claims, and a second computer system (Γ), such as a smart phone or tablet, comprising a screen (100 '), characterized in that said second system (Γ) comprises an application configured to allow: - load a file (51) of plank generated from the first system (1); - display on the screen a content frame (30) of the working board (20) corresponding to said file (51), the other content frames not being displayed; - following an action by the user on the second system (Γ), display another content frame (31) of the board (20) and hide the content frame (30) previously displayed. 22. A method implemented using a computer system which comprises a display screen (100), a processor (102), and a computer application (103) executed by the processor (102), said method comprising the display on the screen (100) of a window (10) of the application, which comprises a main display frame (20), called a work board, characterized in that said method comprises at least the next step, implementation in said window (10) of the application: - open content frames (30, 31, 32) in the same work board (20), each content frame comprising navigation means allowing access to, and navigation in, an Internet or Intranet site at the inside said content frame, and preferably means for executing a computer module of the application, for example a radio player module, several (31, 32) of said content frames (30, 31, 32) being arranged in said work board (20) so that they can be viewed at the same time in said work board (20). 23. Method according to claim 22, characterized in that said content frames (30, 31, 32) are open on a surface of said work board (20) which is greater than the display surface of the screen ( 100) display 24. Method according to claim 22 or 23, characterized in that said method comprises at least the following steps: 5 - save in a file (51), called sheet file, parameters of the content frames of said work plate (20), said parameters of each content frame (30, 31, 32) comprising: - the position and / or dimensions of said content frame; - an address allowing access to the content of said content frame or îo a command to execute said content, - on another system provided with said application or on said system after closing and reopening of the application, load said sheet file (51) so as to automatically reopen the content frames (30, 31, 32) of said sheet work (20) according to their saved parameters. 25. A computer program product comprising program code instructions for executing the steps of a method according to one of claims 22 to 24, when said program is executed by a processor. 1/4