JP2004046358A - Method for generating and using electronic tag, electronic tag system, and electronic tag program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic tag system for easily transferring a part of an existing document to an electronic tag. <P>SOLUTION: When designation of an upper part of a desktop, which is displayed on a display means, is detected as a copy transfer destination by a copy transfer operation on second data being data in a designated range among first data displayed on the display means by performing a first program on a computer having at least the display means, a window as the electronic tag is displayed on a designated position as the copy transfer destination on the desk top. Second data stored in a common storage region in the computer is displayed on the window. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electronic sticky note system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
There is a genre of software called sticky note software. This is software that provides the function of electronically reproducing a sticky note that can be written in a small piece of paper and pasting it in a prominent place in the real world with a window system and pasting the memo on the window system desktop. is there. In the old days, it exists also in the X-WINDOW of UNIX, and there are several types for the WINDOWS-OS.
[0003]
As such sticky note software, http: // www. roto2000. The "sticky note 2000", "sticky note 98", "sticky note 97", and "sticky note 95" are known.
[0004]
In these existing sticky note softwares, the procedure for creating a memo is as follows.
[0005]
(1) Resident as an application on the OS.
[0006]
(2) When a command corresponding to memo creation is executed from a menu provided by the application, a window area is secured for a new memo, and an editor (editing GUI) for editing the contents of the new memo and an edit end are input. A GUI such as a button to perform is provided.
[0007]
(3) When a GUI for ending editing is input, the contents of editing are reflected in a window area for a new memo and displayed on the desktop.
[0008]
On the other hand, there is a need to temporarily paste a noted portion in a document being viewed as a sticky note. For example, as a result of examining a transfer of a train or a hotel to be stayed at the WEB, or an operation method of interest from a manual written in a word processing document, a method of pasting as a sticky note may be used. In other words, you can think of it as attaching a cutout rather than sticky notes.
[0009]
To do this, specify the area of interest in the document, copy it to the clipboard, open the sticky note editor of the sticky note software, paste it on the editor, and click the edit end button A procedure such as pressing is required.
[0010]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, when creating a sticky note with the conventional sticky note software, it is necessary and sufficient to create a new memo. For example, a sticky note to which a part (partial document) of an existing document is pasted is created. , The work procedure is complicated.
[0011]
The same can be said for the opposite. For example, when the content noted as a sticky note is to be pasted into a mail text or inserted into a created report, the reverse operation must be performed, which is similarly troublesome.
[0012]
In view of the above problems, the present invention provides an electronic sticky note creation method that can easily perform an operation of transferring a part of an existing document to an electronic sticky note, and an operation that easily inserts the contents of an electronic sticky note into an existing document. An object of the present invention is to provide a method of using an electronic sticky note, an electronic sticky note system using the electronic sticky note, and an electronic sticky note program.
[0013]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention executes at least a first program on a computer having a display means to copy second data which is data within a specified range of the first data displayed on the display means. When a destination on the desktop displayed on the display means is designated as the destination, a window as an electronic sticky note is displayed at the designated position on the desktop as the destination for copying, and the second data is displayed in the window. An electronic sticky note creation method for displaying an electronic sticky note, wherein the instruction operation of the copy destination on the desktop is monitored, and when the instruction operation is detected, the operation of designating the range is performed in the shared storage area in the computer. The stored second data is displayed in the window.
[0014]
According to the present invention, for example, the second data can be pasted on an electronic sticky note (sticky note window) by a one-step GUI operation via drag and drop.
[0015]
Also, the present invention provides a computer-readable medium having at least a second program which is a data within a designated range among first data displayed on the display by executing a first program on a computer having the display. A method of using an electronic sticky note created when a desktop displayed on the display means is designated as a copy destination of the electronic sticky note, the electronic sticky note being displayed in a window displayed on the display means as the electronic sticky note. The window for inserting the second data into the third data displayed on the display means by executing a second program different from the first program on the computer; A movement operation for moving the display position of is monitored, and when the movement operation is detected, the second data displayed in the window is copied to the control unit. And storing, in a shared storage area in the computer.
[0016]
Note that the second data stored in the shared storage area may be read by the computer that executes the second program.
[0017]
According to the present invention, the second data pasted on the sticky note can be inserted into a desired position in the third data by a one-step GUI operation via, for example, a drag drop. .
[0018]
The present invention executes at least a first program on a computer having a display means to copy the first data displayed on the display means to the second data which is data within a designated range. A detecting means for detecting that the desktop displayed on the display means is designated as the copy destination by the moving operation; and detecting that the desktop is designated as the copy destination, Means for displaying a window as an electronic sticky note at the designated position as the copy destination above, and means for displaying the second data stored in a shared storage area in the computer on the window. It is characterized by having done.
[0019]
Further, the second data displayed in the window displayed on the display means is displayed on the display means by executing a second program different from the first program on the computer. Means for detecting a moving operation for moving the display position of the window for insertion into the third data being performed, and detecting the second operation displayed in the window when the moving operation is detected. Means for storing data in the shared storage area.
[0020]
According to the present invention, for example, the second data can be pasted on an electronic sticky note (sticky note window) by a one-step GUI operation via drag and drop. Further, for example, the second data pasted on the sticky note can be inserted into a desired position in the third data by a one-step GUI operation via a drag drop.
[0021]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
[0022]
In the following description, a “sticky note” or “sticky note” is a sticky note (sticky note) created electronically by a computer, and is also referred to as an electronic sticky note.
[0023]
Hereinafter, by causing a computer having a display unit such as a display to execute an arbitrary program, a drag (drop) operation is performed between a document (data) displayed on the display unit and the desktop, thereby enabling a designated range to be specified. An electronic sticky note system that executes transfer from a partial document (data) to an electronic sticky note or transfer from an electronic sticky note to a document (data) displayed on a display unit will be described.
[0024]
Specifically, on a document display software such as a word processing software or a Web (World Wide Web) browser, a range of a partial area of interest is designated, and when the area is dropped on the desktop, the partial document is placed at the dropped position. Generate a sticky note window in which the contents are written. On the other hand, if you drag the sticky note generated on the desktop while holding down the shift key (for example, if you drag without pressing the shift key, move the sticky note window) and drop it on any application that handles documents, The document content described on the paper is inserted at the document position.
[0025]
As a result, it is possible to paste the cutout of the partial document content maintained by the application to the desktop as a sticky note by a one-step GUI operation via drag-and-drop, and also as a sticky note by the one-step GUI operation. The pasted document content can be inserted into the document of the application.
[0026]
An example will be described in which the electronic sticky note according to the present embodiment is resident on an OS (Operating System) of a computer and is realized as a program to be executed by the computer.
[0027]
Further, in the present embodiment, as an operation for designating a copy source and a copy destination, a drag-and-drop operation using a mouse will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this case.
[0028]
FIG. 1 shows an example of a functional configuration of an electronic sticky note system according to the present embodiment.
[0029]
The electronic sticky note system has a function to link the desktop with a document application that creates and edits documents by drag-and-drop, a function to delete the generated sticky note window, It is equipped with a function that stores the state of the device.
[0030]
Here, the desktop refers to a basic screen displayed on the display means for performing file operations, application startup, and the like on at least a computer (OS) having the display means.
[0031]
Many conventional sticky note software, for example, basically have a function to change the window position and size of the sticky note later and an editor function to edit the contents of the sticky note, Since these are in the category of the prior art, the description is omitted here.
[0032]
As shown in FIG. 1, the host module M1 corresponding to the electronic sticky note system according to the present embodiment includes an event monitoring module M11, a sticky note window management module M12, and an application state management module M13.
[0033]
The event monitoring module M11 is a module that monitors a drop event to the desktop and a drag of the sticky note window, and performs a process necessary for transferring the sticky note to the document application when an event occurs. Also, it monitors an event of a menu command for deleting the sticky note window.
[0034]
The sticky note window management module M12 manages information on sticky note windows maintained by the system, and has a function of creating, displaying, and deleting sticky note windows.
[0035]
The application state management module M13 is a module sometimes called a serializer, and resumes an application from a function of writing all state information of the application to a disk and state information of the application written to the disk. Provides functionality.
[0036]
FIG. 6 shows a configuration example when the system shown in FIG. 1 is realized on, for example, a computer (computer).
[0037]
That is, in FIG. 6, the system includes a processor (CPU) 20, a memory 22, an output device 24 such as a display and a printer, an input device 23 such as a mouse and a keyboard, and a storage device 21.
[0038]
Among these, the storage device 21 is used for storing programs and the like that play a central role in controlling the system and temporarily storing data and the like, and stores the OS 33, the host program 31, various application programs 32, and the like. ing. The memory 22 is used as a shared storage area that can be used when each of the programs is executed, a working area when the programs are executed, and the like. The processor 20 executes various necessary control processes including input / output control and various processes by executing, for example, the OS 33 in the storage device 21.
[0039]
The processor 20 provides an environment in which programs such as the host program 31 and various application programs 32 can be mainly activated on the computer by activating the OS 33 in the storage device 21.
[0040]
In this state, the processor 20 executes the host program 31 in the storage device 21 (that is, by activating the host program 31 on the OS) to execute the host program 31 in the system shown in FIG. A function corresponding to the host module M1 of the system is provided.
[0041]
Further, the processor 20 executes the various application programs 32 in the storage device 21 (that is, by activating the various application programs 32 on the OS), and thereby, in the system shown in FIG. Function is provided.
[0042]
Hereinafter, each sub-submodule in each module of FIG. 1 will be described in detail.
[0043]
The event monitoring module M11 includes an initialization module M111, a desktop drop event module M112, a window drop event module M113, and a window deletion command processing module M114.
[0044]
The initialization module M111 is a module for performing initial settings for linking each sub-module of the event monitoring module M11 to an event, and is called when an application is started and when a new sticky note window is created.
[0045]
The desktop drop event processing module M112 is a handler module that performs processing when a drop event to the desktop occurs.
[0046]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a processing procedure of the desktop drop event processing module M112 (hereinafter simply referred to as a processing module M112).
[0047]
For example, it is assumed that a part of the document displayed on the display by the document application is selected by a mouse or the like, the selected area is dragged, and the desktop is designated as a destination by a drop operation. Here, it is assumed that the data (information) in the selected area is temporarily stored in the shared storage area in the memory 22 in FIG. 6 by the document application displaying the data.
[0048]
The shared storage area is a storage area accessible from all applications, and is called a clipboard in Windows (trademark), for example.
[0049]
In a general application on Windows, when a drag operation is performed using a mouse or the like in a state where an area is selected, the contents in the selected area are usually stored in a shared storage area (clipboard). is there.
[0050]
When the occurrence of the drop event on the desktop is detected (step S0), the processing module M112 reads the data to be dropped from the shared storage area (step S1).
[0051]
At this time, the data format of the data written in the shared storage area may be any of an HTML format, a rich text format, and a text format. In this case, the processing module M112 selects any one of the above according to the priority given to the system in advance, and selects the data read from the shared storage area as needed. Data format.
[0052]
Next, the window creation module M122 is called to create a new window at the coordinates where the drop event has occurred, and write the read data into the window (step S2).
[0053]
The window drag event processing module M13 (hereinafter, simply referred to as a processing module M13) is a handler module that performs processing when an event that a sticky note window is dragged occurs.
[0054]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the processing procedure of the processing module M112.
[0055]
For example, when it is detected that a drag operation is being performed on a sticky note window displayed on the display (drag event) (step S10), the sticky note to be dragged is selected from the sticky note windows stored in the window database M121. The paper window is specified (step S11). For this specification, for example, the position of the display area of the sticky note window specified as the drag target, the identification information of the sticky note window, and the like, and the respective sticky note windows stored in the window database M121. The identification can be performed by comparing information, but the present invention is not limited to this case, and an existing technology may be used.
[0056]
The data pasted on the specified sticky note window is written, for example, into the shared storage area of the memory 22 in FIG. 6 (step S12).
[0057]
The shared storage area is a memory area secured in the computer and accessible even when executing any application.
[0058]
Subsequently, when it is detected that the moving operation has been completed by releasing the mouse button, it communicates with the application located at the forefront at the coordinates (the application displaying the document specified as the copy destination by the drop operation). Is performed, and the data written in the shared storage area is poured (step S13). That is, the computer that executes the application program existing at the forefront at the coordinates reads the data written in the shared storage area.
[0059]
Depending on the OS, the OS searches for an application to be a communication partner in conjunction with the release of the mouse button, and prepares a channel for data transfer between the two. Therefore, in this case, the software need only flow data into the channel provided by the OS.
[0060]
In some cases, the data transfer itself is automatically performed by the OS. In this case, the process of step S13 is unnecessary, and may be a process until the data written on the electronic sticky note is written in the shared storage area.
[0061]
The window deletion command processing module M114 (hereinafter, simply referred to as processing module M114) is a handler module that is activated when a deletion menu provided by each sticky note window is selected by the user.
[0062]
When the processing module M114 is started, the window deletion module M123 is called using the reference information for the sticky note window to be deleted as an argument.
[0063]
The reference information for the sticky note window may be an address on the window database M121 in which information on the sticky note window is stored, or identification information for identifying each of the sticky note windows when the sticky note window is created. At this time, this identification information may be used as the reference information. As the reference information, any information may be used as long as it is information which can recognize which sticky note window is specified in the present system.
[0064]
The sticky note window management module M12 includes a window database M121, a window creation module M122, and a window deletion module M123.
[0065]
The window database M121 stores information on each sticky note window as a list in order to manage the sticky note windows maintained by the present system.
[0066]
The information on the sticky note window includes, for example, data stored as a sticky note, coordinates as a display position of the sticky note window, a window size, identification information given to each sticky note window, and the like. .
[0067]
The window creation module M122 is a module called by the processing module M112. The window creation module M122 receives coordinates representing a position where a window is created and data stored in the window as arguments, creates a window, and displays the window on the screen.
[0068]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the processing procedure of the window creation module M122.
[0069]
When a window creation request including coordinates representing the position where the window is created and data to be stored in the window is received from the processing module M112 (step S20), a sticky note window is created at the designated coordinates (step S21). The data included in the window creation request is written in the created sticky note window (step S22), and information on the newly created window is stored in the window database M121 (step S23).
[0070]
Each time a sticky note window is created, the window creation module M122 may add identification information for identifying the tag window and store it in the window database M121.
[0071]
The window deletion module M123 is a module called by the processing module M114, receives reference information of a sticky note window to be deleted as an argument, and deletes the sticky note window.
[0072]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the processing procedure of the window creation module M123.
[0073]
When a window deletion request including the reference information of the sticky note window to be deleted is received from the processing module M114 (step S30), the display of the sticky note window specified by the reference information is erased (step S31), and from the OS. Is also deleted (step S32), and further, information on the specified sticky note window is deleted from the window database M121 (step S33).
[0074]
Next, the application state management module M13 will be described.
[0075]
The application state management module M13 includes a state writing module M131 and a state resume module M132.
[0076]
The status writing module M131 is a module called at the end of execution of various application programs 32 such as a document application, and writes all information maintained by the application to a disk or the like. At this time, the information written to the disc is collectively called application status information.
[0077]
In the present system, for example, window information such as coordinates and size and data stored as a sticky note for each sticky note window registered in the window database M121 are processed by the state writing module M131.
[0078]
The status writing module M131 writes these pieces of information to the disk in the order stored in the window database M121.
[0079]
The status resume module M132 is a module that is called at the start of execution of various application programs 32 such as a document application, and reads in an application based on application status information written on a disk to restore the status. The operation is the reverse of that of the state writing module M131.
[0080]
As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, of the first data displayed on the display unit by executing the first program on at least the computer having the display unit, the data within the designated range is displayed. When it is detected that the copy movement operation for the second data is designated as the copy movement destination on the desktop displayed on the display means (for example, that the desktop is designated by the drop operation), A window (sticky note window) as an electronic sticky note is displayed at the designated position as the copy destination on the desktop, and the second data stored in the shared storage area in the computer is displayed in this window.
[0081]
That is, according to the above-described embodiment, the second data can be pasted on an electronic sticky note (sticky note window) by a one-step GUI operation via, for example, drag and drop.
[0082]
The second data displayed in the sticky note window displayed on the display means is displayed on the display means by executing a second program different from the first program on the computer. When a moving operation (for example, a drag operation) for moving the display position of the sticky note window to be inserted into the third data is detected, the second data displayed in the sticky note window is converted to the second data. Store in the shared storage area.
[0083]
Note that the second data stored in the shared storage area can be transferred by an operation (for example, a drop operation) of designating a desired position of the third data as a destination by a function of the second program. The data is read and inserted into the third data.
[0084]
That is, according to the above-described embodiment, the second data pasted on the sticky note is inserted into a desired position in the third data by a one-step GUI operation via, for example, drag and drop. be able to.
[0085]
The method of the present invention described in the embodiment of the present invention can be used as a program that can be executed by a computer, such as recording a magnetic disk (floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), a semiconductor memory, It can also be stored on a medium or distributed via a network such as the Internet.
[0086]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be variously modified in an implementation stage without departing from the gist of the invention. Furthermore, the above embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriate combinations of a plurality of disclosed configuration requirements. For example, even if some components are deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment, (at least one of) the problems described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved, and the effect of the invention can be solved. If at least one of the effects described in (1) is obtained, a configuration from which this component is deleted can be extracted as an invention.
[0087]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, an operation of transferring a part of an existing document to an electronic sticky note and an operation of inserting the contents of the electronic sticky note into the existing document can be easily performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an exemplary diagram showing a functional configuration example of an electronic sticky note system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exemplary view for explaining a processing procedure when a drop event to a desktop is detected;
FIG. 3 is an exemplary view for explaining a processing procedure when a drag event of a sticky note window is detected;
FIG. 4 is an exemplary view for explaining a sticky note window creation processing procedure;
FIG. 5 is an exemplary view for explaining a procedure for deleting a sticky note window;
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example when the system shown in FIG. 1 is realized on, for example, a computer (computer).
[Explanation of symbols]
M1: Electronic sticky note system (host module)
M11: Event monitoring module
M12: Sticky note window management module
M13: Application state management module
M111: Initialization module
M112: Desktop drop event processing module
M113: Window drag event processing module
M114: Window deletion command processing module
M121: Window database
M122: Window creation module
M123: Window deletion module
M131: Status writing module
M132: Status resume module

Claims (7)

By executing a first program on at least a computer having a display unit, a copy destination of second data which is data within a designated range of the first data displayed on the display unit, When a desktop displayed on the display means is designated, a window as an electronic sticky note is displayed at the designated position on the desktop as the copy destination, and the second data is displayed in the window. A sticky note creation method,
The instruction operation of the copy destination on the desktop is monitored, and when the instruction operation is detected, the second data stored in the shared storage area in the computer by the operation of designating the range is displayed on the window. An electronic sticky note creating method characterized in that the electronic sticky note is displayed in a box. By executing a first program on a computer having at least a display unit, the first data displayed on the display unit is copied and moved to a second data which is data within a specified range of the first data. A method of using an electronic sticky note created when a desktop displayed on a display means is designated,
By executing the second program different from the first program on the computer, the second data displayed in the window displayed on the display unit as the electronic tag is displayed on the display unit. Monitoring a moving operation for moving the display position of the window for insertion into the third data displayed in the window, and when the moving operation is detected, the second operation displayed in the window is monitored. A method of using an electronic tag, wherein data is stored in a shared storage area in the computer. 3. The electronic tag usage method according to claim 2, wherein the computer that executes the second program reads the second data stored in the shared storage area. By executing a first program on at least a computer having a display means, a copy movement operation is performed on second data that is data within a specified range among the first data displayed on the display means, Detecting means for detecting that a desktop displayed on the display means is designated as a copy moving destination;
Means for displaying a window as an electronic sticky note at a designated position on the desktop as the copy destination when detecting that the desktop is specified as the copy destination,
Means for displaying, in the window, the second data stored in a shared storage area in the computer;
An electronic sticky note system comprising: The second data displayed in the window displayed on the display means is displayed on the display means by executing a second program different from the first program on the computer. Means for detecting a moving operation for moving the display position of the window for insertion into the third data which is present,
Means for storing the second data displayed in the window in the shared storage area when detecting the movement operation;
The electronic sticky note system according to claim 4, further comprising: A computer having at least a display means,
By executing a first program on the computer, of the first data displayed on the display means, a copy movement operation is performed on a second data which is data within a specified range, thereby setting a copy destination. Detecting that the desktop displayed on the display means has been designated;
Displaying a window as an electronic sticky note at the designated position on the desktop as the copy destination when detecting that the desktop is specified as the copy destination;
Displaying the second data stored in the shared storage area in the computer in the window;
An electronic sticky note program characterized by executing the following. To the computer,
The second data displayed in the window displayed on the display means is displayed on the display means by executing a second program different from the first program on the computer. Detecting a moving operation for moving the display position of the window for insertion into the third data that is present;
Storing the second data displayed in the window in the shared storage area when the movement operation is detected;
7. The electronic sticky note program according to claim 6, further comprising:

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