JP2005258879A - Link destination content simultaneous browsing method, link destination content simultaneous browsing device, and link destination content simultaneous browsing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simultaneously browse each content whose link is specified to a plurality of objects. <P>SOLUTION: A link destination content simultaneous browsing device 100 comprises an object management section 3, a content management section 4, and a content presentation section 5. In the content presentation section 5, a window position calculation section 51 calculates the display position and size of each slave window so that the overlapping of new slave windows for displaying each content 7 whose link is specified at a plurality of objects specified by an input device 1 is within a tolerance range, by referring to an object management table 31. And the content display section 52 displays each content 7 whose link is specified to each slave window on a display 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a link destination content simultaneous browsing method, a link destination content simultaneous browsing device, and a link destination content simultaneous browsing program for simultaneously browsing content specified to be linked to an object such as an anchor.

In general, when browsing a content on the WWW (World Wide Web), a user of a browser such as Internet Explorer (R) or Netscape Navigator (R) clicks an object such as an anchor selected with a mouse cursor, and the object Browsing the content specified by the link on the monitor. Under such circumstances, in a conventional apparatus, when a mouse cursor is overlaid on an object, a summary of the content designated to be linked to the object is displayed in a pop-up on a child window (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-276471 A (paragraphs 0021 to 0035, FIG. 1)

  However, when the user browses a plurality of contents representing the outline of the content, the conventional apparatus does not control the display position and the display size of the child window that displays the contents. there were. In other words, the child windows overlap each other, and it may be difficult for the user to browse the contents displayed on the child windows at the same time.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to simultaneously browse linked contents that are linked to a plurality of objects. It is to provide a destination content simultaneous browsing apparatus and a link destination content simultaneous browsing program.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a linked content simultaneous browsing method in which a computer simultaneously displays on a display unit each content specified as a link to a plurality of objects displayed on the display unit. Referring to the information storage unit that stores the display positions of the plurality of objects specified by the input means, the overlapping state of the new child windows that display the contents specified by the links to the objects is within the allowable range. Calculating the display position and display size of each child window so as to fit, and the contents specified by the link in each child window configured with the display position and display size calculated in the step on the display unit, respectively. Steps to display are executed.

  According to the present invention, each child window is acquired so that each of the contents specified to be linked to a plurality of objects specified by the input means is acquired and the overlapping state of the child windows displaying the acquired contents is within an allowable range. The display position and the display size are calculated, and each content is displayed in each child window on the display unit having the calculated display position and display size. For this reason, the overlapping degree of child windows is adjusted and the user can browse each content displayed on each child window simultaneously.

  In addition, since the contents are displayed in the child windows configured with the display position and the display size calculated with reference to the display position of each object, the user can determine each object from the positional relationship between each object and each child window. It is possible to easily grasp the content that is specified for the link.

  The “link destination content simultaneous browsing device” which is the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a linked content simultaneous browsing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, a linked content simultaneous browsing device (hereinafter abbreviated as “simultaneous browsing device”) 100 includes an input device (input means) 1, a display device (display unit) 2, an object management unit 3, a content management unit 4, A content presentation unit 5 and an application storage unit 6 are provided. For example, a terminal such as a personal computer or a mobile phone is used for the simultaneous browsing apparatus 100.

The input device 1 is a general input device in a GUI (Graphical User Interface) environment. For example, a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel display, a pen tablet, a trackball, a line-of-sight input device, a digitizer, or the like is used as the input device 1. Various input devices such as a mouse and a keyboard may be used in combination.
The display device 2 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display or a CRT device.

The object management unit 3 acquires and manages information (hereinafter referred to as “object-related information”) related to an object specified to be linked to the predetermined content 7.
The content 7 indicates the content of the information service, and corresponds to, for example, hyperlink content by WWW (World Wide Web), files of various applications, and the like. In FIG. 1, hyperlink content is assumed to be content 7.
The object refers to the target linked to the content. For example, HYPERLINK "http://yougo.ascii24.com/gh/13/001364.html" An anchor that is one of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) tags, Applicable to icons.
The object management unit 3 includes an object related information management table 31, a display request acquisition unit 32, and an object related information acquisition unit 33.

  An object related information management table (hereinafter abbreviated as “related information management table”) 31 is configured on an information storage unit such as a memory. As shown in FIG. 2, the related information management table 31 includes items of “object identification information” d1, “object position” d2, “location” d3, “window position” d4, and “window area” d5. ing.

The object identification information d1 is information for identifying an object, and corresponds to, for example, an ID (Identification) such as L1. The object position d2 represents the position of the object (such as the center position of the object) with respect to the display screen of the display device 2, and is indicated by coordinate data, for example.
The location d3 is information indicating the location of the content 7, and corresponds to, for example, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator).

The window position d4 is information that represents the center position (display position) of the child window that displays the content 7, and is indicated by coordinate data on the display screen of the display device 2, for example.
The window area d5 is area information representing the display size of the child window described above, and is indicated by coordinate data on the display screen of the display device 2, for example.

Each of the display request acquisition unit 32 and the object related information acquisition unit 33 is a part of a function performed by a CPU (processing unit), and implements the following functions by modules under the management of an OS (Operating System).
The display request acquisition unit 32 acquires a display request for the content 7 specified to be linked to the object specified by the input device 1. The object related information acquisition unit 33 acquires object related information of an object designated by the input device 1, that is, object identification information d1, object position d2, and location d3.

  The content management unit 4 acquires and manages the predetermined content 7 specified as a link to the object. The content management unit 4 includes a content database 41 and a content acquisition unit 42. The content database 41 is configured in an information storage unit such as a memory, and the content database 41 manages the content 7 designated to be linked to the object in association with the object. The content 7 and the object are associated with each other by, for example, associating the location d3 with the object identification information d1.

  The content acquisition unit 42 is a part of functions performed by a processing unit such as a CPU, for example, and implements the following functions by modules under the management of the OS. That is, the content acquisition unit 42 acquires the content 7 specified as a link to the object.

The content presentation unit 5 presents a child window of the content 7 on the display device 2. The content presentation unit 5 includes a window position calculation unit 51, a content display unit 52, and a window control unit 53.
The window position calculation unit 51, the content display unit 52, and the window control unit 53 are part of the functions performed by the CPU, and the following functions are realized by modules under the management of the OS.

  The window position calculation unit 51 calculates the center position and area of the child window, that is, the window position d4 and the window area d5. The content display unit 52 outputs the child window content 7 to the display device 2. The window control unit 53 performs control such as scrolling of the content 7 displayed in the child window, for example.

  The application storage unit 6 is, for example, a memory, and the application storage unit 6 stores an application (for example, a browser) for browsing the content 7.

  Next, the processing procedure of the simultaneous browsing apparatus 100 will be described. Note that the simultaneous browsing apparatus 100 operates according to a link destination content simultaneous browsing program recorded on a recording medium such as a semiconductor memory.

[User's mouse operation]
Here, a case where the user performs the following mouse operation on the browser d20 shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B will be described as an example. First, on the browser d20 shown in FIG. 3A, the user places the mouse cursor C1 at a predetermined position and performs a right click operation of the mouse. Next, with the user left-clicked, the user moves the mouse cursor C1 in the order of the objects L1, L3, L5, and L6 among the plurality of objects (anchors) L1 to L6 as shown in FIG. Repeat. Then, the user stops the right click operation. It should be noted that when the mouse cursor C1 is overlaid on the objects L1, L3, L5, and L6, the selection target object L1 so that the selection target objects L1, L3, L5, and L6 can be distinguished from the other objects L2 and L4. , L3, L5, and L6 display colors may be changed.

[Processing of Simultaneous Viewing Device 100]
Then, the object management unit 3, the content management unit 4, and the content presentation unit 5 of the simultaneous browsing device 100 perform the following processing. First, processing of the object management unit 3 and the content management unit 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the object acquisition unit 3 and the content management unit 4 of the simultaneous browsing device 100.

[Processing of Object Management Unit 3]
When the mouse is right-clicked when the mouse cursor C1 is at a predetermined position (see FIG. 3A), the display request acquisition unit 32 detects a mouse display request (Yes in step 101), and the mouse event Is monitored (step S102).

  After that, if the mouse cursor C1 remains in the right-clicked state and is not overlaid on the objects L1 to L6, the display request acquisition unit 32 does not detect the object selection request (No in step S103) and continues the mouse. Are monitored (step S102). When the mouse cursor C1 is superimposed on the object L1 in a right-click state (see FIG. 3B), the display request acquisition unit 32 detects a selection request for the object L1 (Yes in step 103), and the object related information The acquisition unit 33 acquires event information indicating the position of the mouse (step 104).

  Then, the object related information acquisition unit 33 acquires the object related information of the object L1 detected by the display request acquisition unit 32, that is, the object identification information d1, the object position d2, and the location d3 based on the acquired event information. (Step 105). This acquisition will be described in detail. The object related information acquisition unit 33 first converts the source code of the HTML document, which is the content 7 of the object L1 on which the mouse cursor C1 is overlaid, into a DOM structure using, for example, DOM (Document Object Model). Next, the object related information acquisition unit 33 acquires the display position of each tag described in the HTML document. Then, the object related information acquisition unit 33 determines the anchor tag, that is, the URL character string (location d3 in FIG. 2) from the information (coordinate data) indicating the position of the mouse cursor C1 and the acquired display position of each tag. Of “○○”).

  Next, the object related information acquisition unit 33 associates the object identification information d1, the object position d2, and the location d3 of the object L1 with each other and registers them in the related information management table 31 (step S106).

  Thereafter, if the mouse remains in the right-click state, the display request acquisition unit 32 does not detect the release of the right-click operation (No in step S107) and continuously monitors the mouse event (step S102).

  Next, when the mouse cursor C1 is superimposed on the object L3 (see FIG. 3B), the display request acquisition unit 32 detects a selection request for the object L3 (Yes in step 103), and acquires object related information. The unit 33 acquires event information indicating the position of the mouse (step S104).

  Then, the object related information acquisition unit 33, based on the acquired event information, the object related information of the object L3 detected by the display request acquisition unit 32, that is, the object identification information d1, the object position d2, and the location d3 of the object L3. Is acquired (step 105). Next, the object related information acquisition unit 33 associates the object identification information d1, the object position d2, and the location d3 of the object L3 with each other and registers them in the related information management table 31 (step S106).

  After that, when the mouse cursor C1 is overlaid in the order of the objects L5 and L6 with the mouse left-clicked (see FIG. 3B), the object management unit 3 performs the processing from step S102 to step S107. Are repeatedly executed, and the object identification information d1, the object position d2, and the location d3 of the objects L5 and L6 are associated with each other in the order of the objects L5 and L6, and are registered in the related information management table 31 (step S106).

  After that, when the right click operation of the mouse is released, the display request acquisition unit 32 detects the release of the right click operation of the mouse (Yes in step S107). Thereby, the process of the object management unit 3 is finished, and the next content management unit 4 performs the process.

[Processing of content management unit 4]
The content acquisition unit 42 refers to the related information management table 31, and based on the location d3 of each content 7 that is linked to each of the objects L1, L3, L5, and L6 acquired by the object related information acquisition unit 33, Each content 7 is acquired (step S108).

  Then, the content acquisition unit 42 stores the acquired plurality of contents 7 in the content database 41 in association with each object identification information d1 (step S109). Thereby, a plurality of contents 7 can be simultaneously displayed on the display device 2. Thus, the processing of the content acquisition unit 4 is completed, and then the content presentation unit 5 performs the processing.

[Processing of content presentation unit 5]
The processing of the content presentation unit 5 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the content presentation unit 5.
In the content presentation unit 5, first, the window position calculation unit 51 refers to the related information management table 31 and copies the contents of the object positions d2 of the objects L1, L3, L5, and L6 to the window position d4 (step S201). ). That is, the initial value of the window position d4 is determined.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6A, the window position calculation unit 51 copies the child window W1, W2, W3, W4 to the copied window position d4, that is, at the midpoint of each object L1, L3, L5, L6. And the child windows W1, W2, W3, W4 are initially arranged on the browser d10 (step S202). More specifically, the window position calculation unit 51 associates the window position d4 and the window range d5 with each of the initially placed child windows W1, W2, W3, and W4 and registers them in the related information management table 31.

  Here, since the range in which the new child windows do not contact each other is set as the allowable range of the overlapping state of the child windows, the display sizes of the child windows W1 to W4 that are initially arranged are the sizes of the child windows. A small value is set in advance so as not to touch.

  Then, the window position calculation unit 51 uses the window position d4 of the management information management table 31, that is, the midpoint of each of the objects L1, L3, L5, and L6 as a reference, to each of the child windows W1, shown in FIG. The display size of W2, W3, W4 is enlarged (step S203). At the time of this expansion, the window position calculation unit 51 updates the window range d4 of each child window W1, W2, W3, W4 to the related information management table 31. Here, for example, the vertical and horizontal enlargement speeds of the child windows W1, W2, W3, and W4 are the same.

  Next, the window position calculation unit 51 determines the status of all the child windows W1 to W4 based on the window area d5 of the related information management table 31 (step S204). Then, for example, as shown in FIG. 6B, when it is determined that the child window W3 and the child window W4 are in contact with each other (in the case of “contact between child windows” in step S204), the window position calculation unit 51 The contacted child windows W3 and W4 are grouped (step S205). In this grouping, the window position calculation unit 51 sets a virtual window W34 obtained by grouping the child windows W3 and W4, and calculates the window position d3 of the virtual window W34. The window position d3 of the virtual window W34 is, for example, the midpoint between the child window W3 and the child window W4. Note that the virtual window W34 is not displayed on the display screen d10.

  Then, the window position calculation unit 51 proceeds to the next step S203, and enlarges the display size of the virtual window W34 with reference to the window position d3 of the virtual window W34. That is, the window position calculation unit 51 enlarges the display size of the child windows W3 and W4 in units of groups called virtual windows W34.

  On the other hand, in the determination of the situation of the window position calculation unit 51 (step S204), when it is determined that the child window W1 and the child window W2 are not in contact with other windows as shown in FIG. In the case of “no contact” in S204), the window position calculation unit 51 continues to enlarge the display size of each of the remaining child windows W1, W2 that are not in contact (step S203). That is, the window position calculation unit 51 enlarges the display size in units of individual child windows for the child windows W1 and W2.

  When the display sizes of the child windows W1 and W2 and the virtual window W34 continue to increase, as shown in FIG. 6C, when one side of the child window W1 comes into contact with the outer frame of the display screen d10, the window position First, the calculation unit 51 determines that the child window W1 is in contact with the outer frame of the display screen d10 (in the case of “contact with the outer frame of the display screen” in step S204), and proceeds to the next step S206. In step S206, the window position calculation unit 51 determines that the left side of the child window W1 is in contact with the display screen d10 (in the case of “one side” in step S206), and as illustrated in FIG. The child window W1 is moved in the direction in which the left side of the child window W1 is not in contact with the outer frame of the display screen d10, that is, in the right direction (step S207), and the process proceeds to the next step S203. As a result, the display sizes of the child windows W1, W2 and the virtual window W34 continue to be further expanded. As for the amount of movement of the child window W1 in the right direction, a small value is set in advance so that the child window W1 does not come into contact with the other windows W2 and W34.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6D, when the child window W2 and the virtual window W34 come into contact with each other, the window position calculation unit 51 determines that the child window W2 and the virtual window W34 have come into contact with each other (" When the child windows are in contact with each other), the child window W2 and the virtual window W34 are grouped (step S205). In this grouping, the window position calculation unit 51 sets a virtual window W234 obtained by grouping the child window W2 and the virtual window W34, and calculates the window position d3 of the virtual window W234. The window position d3 of the virtual window W234 is, for example, the midpoint between the child window W2 and the virtual window W34.

  Next, the window position calculation unit 51 enlarges the display size of the window in two units of the child window W1 and the virtual window W234 (step S203).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6D, when the upper and lower sides of the virtual window W234 come into contact with the display screen d10, the window position calculation unit 51 first determines that the virtual window W234 has come into contact with the outer frame of the display screen d10. Determination is made (in the case of “contact with outer frame of display screen” in step S204), and the process proceeds to the next step S206. In step S206, the window position calculation unit 51 determines that the upper and lower sides of the virtual window W234 are in contact with the display screen d10 (in the case of “both sides” in step S206), and proceeds to the next step S208. Thereby, the enlargement process of the display size of the child window W1 and the virtual window W234 is stopped.

  In step S208, the window position calculation unit 51 determines the window position d4 and the window area d5 of the child windows W1, and the child windows W2, W3, and W4 constituting the virtual window W234, and the determined window position d4 and window The area d5 is managed for each child window in the related information management table 31 (see FIG. 2). As a result, the window positions d4 and window areas d5 of all the child windows W1, W2, W3, and W4 are managed, and the child windows W1, W2, W3, and W4 shown in FIG. 6E are displayed on the display screen d10. Is done.

  Next, the content display unit 52 refers to the content database 41 and reads each content 7 to be displayed in each child window W1, W2, W3, W4 shown in FIG. 6E (step S209). Then, the content display unit 52 refers to the application storage unit 6 and displays each content 7 in each corresponding child window W1, W2, W3, W4 (step S210). Thus, the user can simultaneously view the contents 7 displayed in the child windows W1, W2, W3, and W4 in a state where all the child windows W1 to W4 do not overlap each other (FIG. 6 ( e)). The user can request control related to each of the child windows W1, W2, W3, and W4 by operating the mouse described later.

The control regarding each child window W1, W2, W3, W4 is demonstrated based on FIG.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the window control unit 53. Here, a case where the user performs “wheel operation”, “click operation” or “double click operation” of the mouse on the display screen d10 shown in FIG. 6E will be described as an example.

[Scroll processing according to wheel operation]
For example, when the user performs a mouse operation on the display screen d10 shown in FIG. 6E, the window control unit 53 determines the type of mouse operation based on the mouse event (step S301), and the determination is made. As a result, for example, when it is determined that the operation is a wheel operation (in the case of “wheel operation” in step S301), the process proceeds to the next step S302.

  In step S302, the window control unit 53 refers to the window range d5 of the related information management table 31 to determine the position of the mouse cursor C1 when the wheel is operated (step S302). When it is determined that it is within the area of the child window W1 shown in FIG. 6E (in the case of “inside the area of the child window” in step S302), the content 7 of the child window W1 is scrolled (step S303).

  On the other hand, in determining the position of the mouse cursor C1 in the window control unit 53 (step S302), for example, when it is determined that it is outside the area of all the child windows W1 to W4 shown in FIG. 6E (step S302). “Outside child window area”, the window control unit 53 scrolls the contents 7 of all the child windows W1 to W4 (step S304), so that when the user performs the wheel operation, the mouse cursor C1 Depending on the position, the content 7 of a certain child window is scrolled, or the contents 7 of all the child windows are scrolled, so that the user can browse a plurality of contents 7 more efficiently. it can.

  Although the scroll process according to the wheel operation has been described above, the window control unit 53 may perform the following scroll process. For example, the window control unit 53 scrolls the corresponding content 7 in the order of the child windows W1, W2, W3, and W4 shown in FIG. 6E according to the rotation time of the wheel operation by the user. In this case, the window control unit 53 scrolls the content 7 of the next child window every time the content 7 of the child window is scrolled to the end. Thereby, the user can browse the contents 7 of each child window continuously.

[Delete child window in response to click operation]
In step S301, for example, when the window control unit 53 determines that it is a click operation (in the case of “click operation” in step S301), the window control unit 53 refers to the window range d5 of the related information management table 31. The position of the mouse cursor C1 when the wheel is operated is determined (step S305). As a result of the determination, for example, when the window control unit 53 determines that it is within the area of the child window W1 shown in FIG. 6E (in the case of “inside the area of the child window” in step S305), The child window W1 is deleted (step S306).

  Then, the window control unit 53 refers to the related information management table 31 to obtain the object related information of the deleted child window W1, that is, the object identification information d1, the object position d2, the location d3, the window position d4, and the window area d5. Delete (step S307).

  On the other hand, in determining the position of the mouse cursor C1 in the window control unit 53 (step S305), for example, when it is determined that it is outside the area of all the child windows W1 to W4 shown in FIG. 6E (step S305). “Outside child window area”, the window control unit 53 deletes all the child windows W1 to W4 (step S308).

  Then, the window control unit 53 refers to the related information management table 31, and the object related information of all the deleted child windows W1 to W4, that is, the object identification information d1, the object position d2, the location d3, the window position d4, and The window area d5 is erased (step S309). As a result, when the user performs a click operation, a certain child window or all child windows are deleted according to the position of the mouse cursor C1. Therefore, the user can efficiently browse only the content 7 displayed in the desired child window.

[Regular window processing according to double-click operation]
In step S301, for example, when the window control unit 53 determines that it is a double-click operation (in the case of “double-click operation” in step S301), the window control unit 53 displays the window range d5 of the related information management table 31. The position of the mouse cursor C1 when the wheel is operated is determined (step S310). As a result of the determination, for example, when the window control unit 53 determines that it is within the area of the child window W1 shown in FIG. 6E (in the case of “inside the area of the child window” in step S305), The content 7 displayed in the child window W1 is displayed in a new window having a normal size (meaning a preset standard size; the same applies hereinafter) (step S311). The window control unit 53 refers to the application storage unit 6 when displaying the content 7 in a normal size window.

  Then, the window control unit 53 deletes all the child windows W1 to W4 shown in FIG. 6E, that is, all the child windows (step S312). Next, the window control unit 53 refers to the related information management table 31, the object related information of the deleted child windows W1 to W4, that is, the object identification information d1 of all the child windows W1 to W4, the object position d2, The location d3, the window position d4, and the window area d5 are deleted (step S313).

  On the other hand, in determining the position of the mouse cursor C1 in the window control unit 53 (step S310), for example, when it is determined that it is outside the area of all the child windows W1 to W4 shown in FIG. 6E (step S310). The window control unit 53 displays the child windows W1 to W4, that is, the contents 7 displayed in all the child windows in new windows of normal size, respectively (in the case of “outside child window area”) (step S3). S314).

  Then, the window control unit 53 deletes all the child windows W1 to W4 shown in FIG. 6E (step S312), refers to the related information management table 31, and deletes the objects of the child windows W1 to W4. The related information, that is, the object identification information d1, the object position d2, the location d3, the window position d4, and the window area d5 is deleted (step S313). Thus, when the user performs a double-click operation, the content 7 of a certain child window is displayed in a normal size window or the contents 7 of all the child windows are displayed in the normal size according to the position of the mouse cursor C1. Will be displayed in this window. Therefore, the user can view the content 7 displayed in the child window in a normal size window.

  In addition, although the predetermined process according to various operations of the mouse has been described, the predetermined process according to the operation of the mouse may be replaced. For example, a normal size window process may be performed by a mouse click operation, or a child window deletion process may be performed by a mouse double click operation. Further, various mouse operations may be substituted by various keyboard operations (for example, a return key pressing operation).

  As described above, the window control in the case of the right click operation of the mouse has been described for the processes of the object management unit 3, the content management unit 4, and the content presentation unit 5. However, the window control may be performed by the following operation.

[Object selection operation]
First, the case of a drag operation will be described. As shown in FIG. 8A, the user selects the objects L4 to L6 by including the objects L4, L5, and L6 in the drag range e1 by dragging the mouse. In FIG. 8A, the upper left corner of the drag range e1 represents the start point, and the lower right corner of the drag range e1 represents the end point. Then, the object related information acquisition unit 33 illustrated in FIG. 1 specifies the objects L4 to L6 in the drag range e1 as processing targets based on the position information (coordinate data) indicating the drag range e1. This increases the number of options for mouse operation and improves the convenience for the user.

  Next, the case of a right click operation will be described. As shown in FIG. 8B, the user continues the right click operation of the mouse at a predetermined position on the browser d10. Then, the selection range e <b> 2 expands in a radial pattern around the position where the right click operation has been performed. When the user stops the right click operation, the selection range e2 includes objects L2, L3, and L5. Then, the object related information acquisition unit 33 illustrated in FIG. 1 specifies the objects L2, L3, and L5 included in the selection range e2 as processing targets based on the position information (coordinate data) indicating the selection range e2. Thereby, the user can select an object by various mouse operations.

  Next, the case of keyboard operation will be described. For example, the user may select the object L1 superimposed on the mouse cursor C1 by using a space key, a shift key, or the like at the position of the mouse cursor C1 shown in FIG.

[Recursive display of child windows]
Next, recursive display of child windows will be described. The recursive display here refers to, for example, a case where the content 7 specified to be linked to the object in the child window is displayed in another child window.
For example, the user performs a right click operation with the mouse and selects the object L11 of the child window W1 among the child windows W1 to W4 shown in FIG. Further, the user selects the objects L31 and L32 of the child window W3 shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 9B, the content display unit 52 displays the content 7 specified to be linked to the objects L11, L31, and L32 in new child windows W5, W6, and W7.

  Specifically, first, the window position calculation unit 51 displays the corresponding contents 7 based on the display positions of the objects L11, L31, and L32 displayed on the child windows W1 and W3 by a mouse operation. The display positions and display sizes of the child windows W5, W6, and W7 are newly calculated so that the overlapping state of the new child windows W5, W6, and W7 is within the allowable range. Next, the content display unit 52 acquires each content 7 specified as a link to the plurality of objects L11, L31, and L32 displayed in the child windows W1 and W3. Then, the content display unit 52 displays each content 7 in each of the new child windows W5, W6, and W7 configured with the display position and display size calculated by the window position calculation unit 51. As a result, the user can browse the linked content 7 at any time.

  When displaying the new child windows W5, W6, and W7 shown in FIG. 9B, the window control unit 53 deletes all the original child windows W1 to W4 shown in FIG. 9A. It may be. This makes it easier for the user to browse the content 7 displayed in the latest child window. Further, when displaying the new child windows W5, W6, and W7 shown in FIG. 9B, the window control unit 53 deletes only the original child windows W2 and W4 shown in FIG. The original child windows W1 and W3 shown in FIG. 9A may be displayed as they are. That is, only the child windows W1, W3 displaying the objects L11, L31, L32 designated by the user are displayed as they are. Thereby, the user can browse the contents 7 of the child windows W1, W3, W5 to W7 that are related to each other.

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Next, the display size of the child window will be described. The child windows described above have been described as not in conflict with each other. For example, when overlapping child windows is permitted within the range where the content 7 can be simultaneously viewed, the child windows are within the permitted range. It may overlap.

  Further, when calculating the display size of each child window W1, W2, W3, W4 shown in FIG. 6E, the window position control unit 51, for example, [(display size of each child window) = (preset The display size of each of the child windows W1, W2, W3, and W4 may be calculated using a function of “display size of the child window) ÷ (number of new child windows)”.

  Further, the content display unit 52 displays the display size (characters) of the entire page in the content 7 displayed in the child windows W1 to W4 according to the display sizes of the child windows W1 to W4 shown in FIG. Size, image display size, etc.) may be changed. For example, when the display size of the child window W1 shown in FIG. 6E is 50% of the normal size, the content display unit 52 displays the display size of the entire page in the content 7 displayed in the child window W1 ( Character size, image display size, etc.) are displayed at 50%. Thereby, the user can browse the content 7 displayed with the character size suitable for the display size of the child window.

  The embodiment described above is not limited to this. In FIG.7 S306, the window control part 53 demonstrated the case where the child window W1 of FIG.6 (e) on which the mouse cursor C1 was piled up was demonstrated, For example, other child windows other than the child window W1, That is, the child windows W2 to W4 shown in FIG.

  In step S306 in FIG. 7, the window control unit 53 detects the next right click operation after detecting the first right click operation, for example, when deleting the child window W1 in FIG. On this condition, the child window W1 may be deleted. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the child window from being erased due to a user's erroneous operation. Further, in this case, the window control unit 53 may display the child window W1 in a translucent color until the child window W1 in FIG. This makes it easier for the user to confirm the child window to be deleted.

It is a block diagram which shows the linked content simultaneous browsing apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a data structure figure of the object related information management table of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the display screen displayed on the display apparatus of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the object management part and content management part of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the content presentation part of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the child window which the object presentation part of FIG. 1 manages. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the window control part of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the object which the object management part of FIG. 1 manages. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the child window which the content presentation part of FIG. 1 controls.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input device 2 Display apparatus 3 Object management part 4 Content management part 5 Content presentation part 6 Application memory | storage part 7 Content

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A linked content simultaneous browsing method in which a computer simultaneously displays on a display unit each content specified to be linked to a plurality of objects displayed on a display unit,
The computer is
Referring to the information storage unit that stores the display positions of the plurality of objects specified by the input means, the overlapping state of the new child windows that display the contents specified by the links to the objects falls within the allowable range. Calculating the display position and display size of each child window,
A method for simultaneously browsing linked contents, comprising: displaying each linked content on the display unit in each child window configured with the display position and display size calculated in the step. The linked content simultaneous browsing method according to claim 1, further comprising:
The computer executes a step of controlling each child window based on the position on the display unit designated by the input means for each child window displaying the contents in the step. Linked content simultaneous browsing method as a feature. When calculating the display position and display size of each child window,
Placing each child window at an initial position set based on the display position of each object on the display unit;
Expanding the display size of each child window on the basis of the initial position of each of the arranged child windows,
When the enlarged child windows are in contact with each other, repeating the step of enlarging the display size in a group unit configured by grouping the contacted child windows,
As a result of repeating the step of enlarging the display size in at least one of the group unit and the remaining child window unit, only one side of the child window of any unit is the display screen of the display unit. When touching the outer frame, after moving all the child windows composed of units in which only one side is in contact with each other by a predetermined amount of movement, the child window is moved in at least one unit. Repeat the steps to enlarge the display size,
As a result of continuing to expand the display size of the child window in the step of expanding the display size, it is confirmed that both sides of the child window configured in any one unit are in contact with the outer frame of the display screen of the display unit. The linked content simultaneous browsing method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the condition includes a step of determining a display position and a display size of each child window calculated in the step. When a plurality of objects designated by the input means are displayed in the child window,
The computer further comprises:
With respect to each new child window that displays the content specified to be linked to each object specified by the input means, the information storage unit is referred to so that the overlapping state of the new child windows is within an allowable range. Calculating the display position and the display size respectively;
The linked content simultaneous browsing method according to claim 1, further comprising: displaying each of the linked content in each child window configured with the calculated display position and display size. When performing display control of each child window,
If the position specified by the input means is within the area of a specific child window of the plurality of child windows, scroll the content displayed in the specific child window, or
3. The linked content according to claim 2, wherein when the position on the display unit specified by the input means is outside the area of all child windows, all the contents displayed in each child window are scrolled. Simultaneous viewing method. When performing display control of each child window,
If the position on the display unit designated by the input means is within the area of a specific child window of the plurality of child windows, delete the specific child window; or
3. The linked content simultaneous browsing method according to claim 2, wherein when all the child windows are located outside the region of all child windows, the position on the display unit designated by the input unit is deleted. When performing display control of each child window,
When the position on the display unit designated by the input means is within the area of a specific child window of the plurality of child windows, the content displayed in the specific child window is changed to a normal size window. Display or
The content displayed in each child window is respectively displayed in a normal size window when the position on the display unit specified by the input means is outside the area of all child windows. 2. The linked content simultaneous browsing method according to 2. A linked content simultaneous browsing device including a processing unit that simultaneously displays on the display unit each content that is specified as a link to a plurality of objects displayed on the display unit,
The processor is
Referring to the information storage unit 31 that stores the display positions of the plurality of objects specified by the input means, the overlapping state of the new child windows that display the contents specified by the links to the objects is within an allowable range. Calculate the display position and display size of each child window to fit,
The linked content simultaneous browsing apparatus, wherein each link-designated content is displayed on the display unit in each child window configured with the calculated display position and display size. The linked content simultaneous browsing device according to claim 8, further comprising:
The processing unit performs display control of each child window based on the position on the display unit designated by the input unit for each child window displaying each content. Content simultaneous browsing device. When the processing unit calculates the display position and display size of each child window,
Placing each child window at an initial position set based on the display position of each object on the display unit;
The display size of each child window is enlarged with reference to the initial position of each child window arranged,
When the expanded child windows are in contact with each other, repeated enlargement of the display size of each child window in a group unit configured by grouping the contacted child windows,
As a result of repeatedly expanding the display size of each child window in at least one of the group unit and the remaining child window units, only one side of the child window of any unit is displayed on the display unit. When touching the outer frame of the screen, after moving all the child windows composed of units in which only one side is in contact with each other by a preset amount of movement, each of the above windows in at least one unit Repeatedly increasing the display size of the child window,
As a result of continuing to enlarge the display size of each of the child windows, each of the calculations is performed on the condition that both sides of the child window configured in any one unit are in contact with the outer frame of the display screen of the display unit. 10. The linked content simultaneous browsing device according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the display position and display size of the child window are determined. When a plurality of objects designated by the input means are displayed in the child window,
The processing unit further includes:
With respect to each new child window that displays the content specified to be linked to each object specified by the input means, the information storage unit is referred to so that the overlapping state of the new child windows is within an allowable range. Calculate the display position and display size,
The linked content simultaneous browsing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein each of the linked contents is displayed in each child window configured with the calculated display position and display size. The processing unit performs display control of each child window,
If the position specified by the input means is within the area of a specific child window of the plurality of child windows, scroll the content displayed in the specific child window, or
10. The linked content according to claim 9, wherein when the position on the display unit specified by the input means is outside the area of all child windows, all the contents displayed in each child window are scrolled. Simultaneous browsing device. The processing unit performs display control of each child window,
If the position on the display unit designated by the input means is within the area of a specific child window of the plurality of child windows, delete the specific child window; or
The linked content simultaneous browsing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein all child windows are deleted when the position on the display unit designated by the input unit is outside the area of all child windows. The processing unit performs display control of each child window,
When the position on the display unit designated by the input means is within the area of a specific child window of the plurality of child windows, the content displayed in the specific child window is changed to a normal size window. Display or
The content displayed in each child window is displayed in a normal size window when the position on the display unit specified by the input means is outside the area of all windows. The linked content simultaneous browsing device described.   A linked content simultaneous browsing program for causing a computer to execute the linked content simultaneous browsing method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

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