TW201430681A - A method for displaying relational information on display - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for displaying relational information on display is disclosed. The method comprises providing a timeline, a display area; and window control element; dividing the timeline into many continuous time unit according a default time span; obtaining the position of window control element on display, obtaining the time unit on timeline which aligned with the position of window control element on display, searching any information which was created over a period of the time unit form a information sources, and displaying the searched information on display area. Thus, it is possible to quickly get the information which was created in a specific period of time by moving the window control element.

Description

Method of displaying associated information on a display of a computer device

The present invention relates to a method of displaying a digital message, and more particularly to a method of displaying an associated message on a display of a computer device.

Due to the rapid advancement and popularization of information technology (IT) and the Internet, human life has entered the era of information explosion. Modern people often use computers or devices or devices with information processing capabilities. Smart mobile phones and tablets (Tablet PCs) get and browse a lot of messages. Generally, the message is displayed on the display through the application software running on the computer or the aforementioned device, and the user can use the function provided by the application software to acquire and browse the required information, and the webpage for browsing the Internet information. Browsers are one of the most common applications, and there are also applications for acquiring and browsing specific messages, such as stock-based software or instant messaging software (such as Skype).

Thanks to the dynamic webpage technology, people can use the web browser to log in to the social networking site to share and discuss the information. Users can freely share multimedia messages in multiple message formats on the social networking site and others through uploading. Even use the discussion forum of the social networking site to initiate or participate in the discussion of the message, and then share and discuss the information with users around the world without being restricted by time and geographical location. In order to facilitate accessing and browsing a large number of messages, social networking sites generally manage and display a large number of messages by classifying, sorting, and providing keyword search for messages, such as displaying different messages on different topics. The webpage, the webpage for displaying the information of a specific topic is generally called a discussion area, and the user first creates a message with a title in the discussion area, and the user can use the function of the response to post the content of the message of a certain title. Comments, and these comments will be associated with the title to become the response message for the title. Any user can see the response message associated with the title in the web page after selecting a certain title.

The manner in which messages are known to be sorted in a web page or discussion forum includes: (1) sorting by the initial settling time of a certain title, and (2) sorting by the settling time of the latest response message of the title. Once there are any newly added titles or any new response messages, the discussion area will be reordered and the content displayed in the discussion area will be updated. This message can be displayed in a way that helps users quickly find the latest title or response. Messages, if the user is looking for a title or response message with a specific keyword, they can also use the keyword search feature to achieve the goal. In addition, there is a known method of providing a function called "timeline" for searching and browsing messages, such as a well-known face book, in an application or a website of a social networking site. The facebook and plurk community sites have this timeline feature that displays all the message content (including the title and its associated response message) in a timeline, all of which are based on that title. The time is pinned to the corresponding time point on a timeline. Clicking on a title on the timeline will expand the response message associated with the title in a browse window, and you can move forward by sliding the timeline. Or quickly browse backwards and find titles created at different times and their associated response messages. The well-known Facebook has a month in the month list, and the title of the selected month (including the response message) is used as the current display.

Such a web page with timeline function is actually just another way of sorting the time when the message is set up. What the user sees while sliding the timeline is still the title, the emphasis is that these titles are all created. The time is indicated by a corresponding "time point" position on a time axis, and the time unit of the time axis is a fixed preset value, usually in units of time, which has The following questions.

(1) Inconvenient operation, when the position of a certain title on the time axis (the position of the time point) is separated from the time point currently displayed by the time axis, for example, several weeks or more, the user needs Slide the cursor on the timeline many times to find titles that are far apart.

(2) It is impossible to find a title or response message established in a specific time interval.

In view of the problem of the prior art displaying a message in a display, the present invention proposes a method of displaying a related message on a display of a computer device, which can solve the problems of the prior art.

The method for displaying an associated message on a display of a computer device includes the steps of: displaying a time axis, a message display area, and a window control component on the display; dividing the time axis into a plurality of consecutive units according to a preset length of time Time; obtaining the position of the window control component; obtaining a unit time corresponding to the position of the window control component in the time axis; searching for a message from a message source in a time range covered by the unit time; and in the message display area Show the message found.

In an embodiment of the method of the present invention, the time axis is marked with a plurality of consecutive scales, and any two adjacent scales are separated by a predetermined length of time, and the time axis is divided into a plurality of consecutive unit time by the scales. .

In an embodiment of the method of the present invention, information is searched from a message base or the Internet.

An embodiment of the method of the present invention further includes: obtaining a set value of a message view mode, and displaying the found message in the message display area according to the set value of the message view mode.

In an embodiment of the method of the present invention, the method further comprises: displaying the found message and its associated message in the message display area according to the message structure of the found message.

In an embodiment of the method of the present invention, the method further comprises: displaying, in the message display area, the found message and its associated message in an interactive mode according to the message structure of the found message.

In an embodiment of the method of the present invention, the method further includes: establishing a message display interval, the time range covered by the plurality of unit time of the time axis is specified as a message display interval; and searching for the message generation time from a message source a message located within the time range covered by the message display interval; and displaying the found message in the message display area.

Another embodiment of the method for displaying a message on a display of a computer device includes: displaying a time axis, a message display area, and a window control component on the display; dividing the time axis into a plurality of time lengths according to a preset time length Continuous unit time; display at least one graphic mark on the display, the position of any one of the graphic marks corresponds to a unit time in the time axis, and the graphic mark can indicate the time covered by one unit time corresponding to the position of the graphic mark on the time axis The message in the range; obtain the current position of the window control component in the graphic mark, set the current position as a mark position; obtain the message indicated by the graphic mark at the mark position, and set the generated time of the obtained message as a search Targeting; generating a search condition according to the search target; searching for a message from a message source in a time range covered by the search condition; and displaying the found message in the message display area.

It can be understood from the above that the present invention has the following effects:

The user can freely set the time length of the timeline per unit time, and can quickly find the information established within the time range covered by the specific unit time.

Users can freely set the message view mode to help users quickly find the message of interest and its associated message.

The time axis and graphic mark provided in the display by the method of the present invention can automatically find and display the specific message related to the graphic mark and its associated message in the time range covered by a certain unit time according to the position of the graphic control element. .

The details of other functions and embodiments of the present invention will be described below in conjunction with the drawings.

10. . . Timeline

11. . . Scale

12. . . Message display interval

20. . . Display screen

twenty one. . . Set value control unit time

twenty two. . . View mode setting value control item

twenty three. . . Set value control of the message display interval

30. . . cursor

31. . . Scroll bar

32. . . index

40. . . Graphic mark

P1. . . First position

P2. . . Second position

P3. . . Third position

Figure 1 is a flow chart showing the steps of an embodiment of the method of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a diagram showing an example of a message display content for displaying a message on a display by the method of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of another type of message display content of the method of the present invention for displaying a message on a display.
Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of another type of message display content of the method of the present invention for displaying a message on a display.
Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of another message display content of a method for displaying a message on a display by the method of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a flow chart showing the steps of another embodiment of the method of the present invention.
Figure 7A is a diagram showing an example of a message display content of a method for displaying a message on a display by the method of Figure 6.
Figure 7B is an exemplary diagram of a message display content of the method of Figure 6 for displaying a message on a display.
Figure 8 is a flow chart showing the steps of another embodiment of the method of the present invention.
Figure 9 is a diagram showing an example of another type of message display content of the method of the present invention for displaying a message on a display.
Figure 10 is a flow chart showing the steps of another embodiment of the method of the present invention.
Figure 11 is another exemplary diagram of the method of the present invention for displaying a message on a display.
Figure 12 is a diagram showing an example of a graphical mark displayed by the method of the present invention.
Figure 13 is another exemplary diagram of the graphical indicia displayed by the method of the present invention.

The present invention is a method for displaying associated messages on a display of a computer device. Specifically, the method of the present invention is implemented by a software program running on a computer device, and the software program running on the computer device is in accordance with the steps of the method of the present invention. The message source gets the message and is displayed on the display; the computer device referred to includes, but is not limited to, a personal computer (PC), a notebook computer, a smart phone, and a tablet. (tablet PC) Any of these computers or electronic devices with information processing capabilities.

First, please refer to "FIG. 1", which is a flow chart of the steps of the first embodiment of the method of the present invention, including:
1-1. Displaying a time axis, a message display area and a window control element on the display;
1-2. dividing the time axis into a plurality of consecutive unit time according to a preset time length;
1-3. Obtain the position of the window control component;
1-4. Obtain a unit time corresponding to the position of the window control element in the time axis;
1-5. Searching for a message from a source of information is generated within a time range covered by the unit time;
1-6. Display the found message in the message display area.

An embodiment of the time axis 10 is shown in FIG. 2, and the time axis 10 is marked with a plurality of sequentially arranged scales 11, and any two adjacent scales 11 are separated by a predetermined length of time. The time axis 10 is divided into a plurality of consecutive unit time, and the axial ends of the time axis 10 have no end point, and both ends of the time axis 10 are not displayed in the current screen 20 of the display because they exceed the display range of the screen 20 of the display. The unit time in which the both ends of the time axis 10 are not displayed in the current screen 20 can be viewed by sliding or moving the screen 20.

According to the method of the present invention, the user can quickly find and browse the message generated in the time range covered by the unit time and its associated message by specifying a unit time on the timeline 10; The embodiment provides a user-operable window control element in the screen 20 of the display. The window control element includes, but is not limited to, a cursor 30 (see "Fig. 2"), a scroll bar 31 (see "5"), indicator 32 (see "Fig. 9") or any other equivalent of the window control elements, or a combination thereof, using the position of the cursor 30 to specify a unit time of the timeline 10, The position of the reel rod 31 in the extending direction of the time axis 10 at the time axis 10, and the position of the index 32 on the scale 11 of the time axis 10 by the mouse or the button movement can reach a certain time axis 10 One unit time purpose; in other words, the user can control and move using any of the mouse, keyboard, touch display or other equivalent device Window control element.

In an embodiment of the invention, the information is searched by a database or the Internet. In other words, the source of the information in the foregoing step includes any one or all of the information base and the Internet. The information base may also be stored in the data storage device of the computer device itself or stored in the remote data storage device. The actual information depends on the type of the message and its use, for example, on a social networking site. The information shared and discussed in the discussion forum may be stored in a host on a network server. The message contains a variety of different data formats, including but not limited to text, digital, audio and video multimedia files, hyperlinks and pictures (picture Any one or a combination thereof.

"FIG. 2" shows an arrangement of the time axis 10 in a display in which the time axis 10 is horizontally extended at the center of the screen 20 of the display, and the time axis 10 divides the screen 20 of the display into separate Two message display areas located above and below the timeline 10, but this is not the only configuration of the timeline 10. In principle, the configuration of the timeline 10 can be determined according to the purpose and needs of the software program, the so-called configuration mode. The position of the time axis 10 and its extension direction are included, but not limited to, for example, in another example of "Fig. 3", the time axis 10 is arranged on the screen 20 of the display from the top to the bottom.

"Picture 2" shows an example of implementing the method of the present invention in the discussion area of the social networking site, assuming that the preset time length of the time axis of the timeline 10 of "Fig. 2" is one day, in other words, two adjacent The length of time between the scales 11 is 1 day (24 hours). One way of expressing the unit time is to display the time range covered by the unit time in words or numbers between any two adjacent scales 11, for example, The number "2" indicated by the number "2" between the two adjacent scales 11 above the time axis 10 in the Fig. 2 is 24 hours on the day of the 2012/11/02 day; for ease of reading and understanding of the timeline 10 Each of the scales 11 covers a time range, and one of the embodiments can display the complete time or date of the unit time (assuming 2012/11/01), the time axis, at the leftmost unit time of the time axis 10 10 The full time or date of the unit time can also be displayed in one unit time on the far right side of the screen 20 of the display (assumed to be 2012/11/14), and the remaining unit time between the positions of the two scales 11 can be Show only day Period or full date, so that the user can identify the time range covered by any unit time.

Please refer to "Fig. 9", which is another embodiment in which the unit time is displayed on the time axis 10, and a unit time is specified in the time axis 10, wherein the scale is indicated by text or numerals above each scale 11. The time range covered by the unit time of the location, according to the scale 11 corresponding to the position of the window control component such as the cursor 30 or the index 32, a certain unit time and the time range covered by the time axis 10 can be specified, for example, the indicator The movement of 32 to the position of a certain scale 11 indicated as 10 indicates that the time range covered by the unit time is 24 hours on the day of 2012/11/10.

Next, please refer to "Fig. 2". Here, an embodiment of the method shown in the "Fig. 1" of the method of the present invention will be described, assuming that the cursor 30 is moved to the unit time "10" (date is 2012/11/10) The upper position, according to the steps of the method of the present invention, first obtains the position of the cursor 30 in the unit time corresponding to the time axis 10, and the time range covered by the time range of 2012/11/10 is 24 hours, and then the message from the discussion area The search message in the library generates all the messages within 24 hours of the 2012/11/10 date, and finally displays the found message in the message display area.

"Figure 11" shows the implementation of the method of the present invention in "K-line diagram with multiple K-bars (Note: K-line diagram is a technical analysis diagram commonly found in stock order software) in "Figure 1" An example of the steps shown, as shown in Figure 11, assumes that the stock trader moves the cursor 30 to a position near a K-bar (not a graphical representation of the K-bar), as shown in the figure. For example, the cursor 30 is located below a certain K-bar, and the position of the cursor 30 corresponds to a unit time in the timeline 10 indicating 2012/11/06, and the method according to the method of the present invention is in the "FIG. 1" step. It will search for messages from a source of information (which can be Internet news or a database in a computer device) within 24 hours of the date of 2012/11/06, and then display the messages. In the message display area P1 of the display, these messages include, but are not limited to, for example, the opening price, closing price, highest price and lowest price on the day of 2012/11/06, and the opening price, closing price, highest price and on the date of 2012/11/06 The lowest price related news, discussion message , pictures, movies or a super-link.

The length of time per unit time may be a preset fixed value (for example, 1 day or 5 days). In another embodiment of the method of the present invention, the length of time per unit time can be freely set, and one embodiment is a screen on the display. 20 provides a "set time control item per unit time" 21 (see "Fig. 2"), and the user can set the length of the unit time to be: minute, hour, and time through the "set time control item per unit time" 21 Any of the time units of the day, week, month, and year, and set their values, for example: 5 minutes, 1 day, or 10 days, and so on.

In general, the message source may have a specific message structure, depending on the purpose or characteristics of the message. The message found by the above method steps of the present invention may also contain other related messages related to the found message, common messages. The structure includes, but is not limited to, any one of a hierarchical, tree, link, and relationship structure; and an embodiment of the method of the present invention further includes: a message according to the found message The structure displays the found message and its associated message in the message display area, and in some cases, the associated message generation time does not necessarily occur within a time range covered by a unit time corresponding to the position of the window control element, for example: The message found by the above method steps of the present invention is the "title" of a certain discussion area, and the establishment time of the "title" message and the response time of the "response" message may be several days or months apart, among which " The "Respond" message can be regarded as the associated message of the "Title" message. An example of this is shown in Figure 2, assuming that the message structure of a discussion forum on a social networking site is a hierarchical structure. The message structure of each message includes: "title", "title generation time" and "title". Content, and the associated message associated with the "title" may be, for example but not limited to, including an opinion posted for the "title", another topic established in the discussion list of the "title", or for this " Any of the messages in response to the headline, in general, the structure of the message in response to a "headline" in the online community discussion forum may include, but is not limited to, "response", "response time" and "response" For example, in the case of the unit time "10" corresponding to the position of the cursor 30 in the "second picture", the method of the present invention searches for the message generation time (including the title) from the message library of the discussion area. The time of generation and the time of response generation are all the messages within 24 hours of the 2012/11/10 date. The messages will be found based on the message structure of the forum. The information is displayed in the message display area. For example, the "title" is displayed in the first position P1 (can be sorted according to "title generation time" or sorted in other ways), and is selected in the first position P1 of the message display area. The next-order or related message of the medium or preset message (may be "title" or "response") is displayed in the second position P2 and the third position P3 of the message display area, for example, in "Fig. 2" When "Title 3" of the first position P1 is selected, the "Response" of "Title 3" is displayed at the second position P2 (can be sorted according to "Response Generation Time" or otherwise sorted), and "Title" The message content of 3" is displayed in the third position P3.

For example, "figure 5" is another embodiment of the method of the present invention for displaying a message in a message display area, wherein a "response" of a selected "title" is displayed in a manner of a drop-down expansion in the message display area. Two positions P2.

In an embodiment of the method of the present invention, the method further comprises: displaying the found message and its associated message in an interactive mode in the message display area according to the message structure of the found message; for example, the discussion forum of the social networking site is generally The interactive mode displays the dynamic webpage of the message. The discussion forum of the social networking site allows the user to freely post the message, and can respond to a message (for comment or discussion), or even create a discussion list of a message. Another message subject, wherein the message found in the steps of the embodiment shown in "FIG. 1" according to the method of the present invention, if it is a message in the discussion area of the social networking site, can be found according to the above steps of the present invention. The message structure of the message is displayed in the message display area to display the found message and its associated message in an interactive mode. In other words, a message input box or a message input interface is provided in the message display area for the user to freely post or post a message, for example, but not Limited to: Post a response message and post a new topic.

In the foregoing embodiment of the method of the present invention, the message displayed in the message display area only contains a message within a time range covered by the unit time. For example, the time range corresponding to the position of the cursor 30 covers the time range of 2012/ On the day of 11/10, only the message generated on the day of 2012/11/10 will be displayed in the message display area; in another embodiment of the method of the present invention, the time range covered by several unit time can also be displayed in the message display area. The internal message, an embodiment method of this function is shown in FIG. 6 and includes steps 1-1 to 1-6 shown in FIG. 1 and includes the following steps:
1-5-1. The step of establishing a message display interval for designating a plurality of unit time of the time axis 10 as a message display interval;
1-5-2. Searching for a message from a message source The message is generated within a time range covered by the message display interval.

One embodiment of the step shown in Fig. 6 is to provide a "set value control item of the message display section" 23 on the screen 20 of the display (see "Fig. 7A"), and the user can use the "message display interval" The set value control item 23 designates a plurality of unit time periods of the time axis 10 as a message display section 12, and in the example shown in "Fig. 7A", three unit time is shown (the example shown in the figure is 3 days) Designated as the message display interval 12, the message display interval 12 can be displayed on the screen 20 of the display by highlighting, coloring or other eye-catching means; in one embodiment, the message display interval 12 can be time-lapsed The extending direction of the shaft 10 is arbitrarily moved, for example, by dragging the cursor 30 or by means of a button operation, moving the message display section 12 whose time length spans several unit time to any position of the time axis 10, thereby changing the message display section 12 The time range covered, for example, an example shown in the "7B" diagram, when the message display section 12 is moved to the position shown in the figure (including the time after 10:00 on the day of 2012/11/11) Between 2012/11/12-2012/11/13 all day, and 2012/11/14 on the day before 08:00), the steps of the method of the present invention will be generated from the message source search message at the message display interval 12 The message generated within the time range is then displayed in the message display area (for example, the message found will be displayed in the first position P1 of the message display area).

The steps of an embodiment of the method of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 8 , include steps 1-1 to 1-6 shown in FIG. 1 , and further include:
1-7. Get the set value of a message view mode, and
1-8. Display the found message and its associated message in the message display area according to the setting value of the message view mode.

The message check mode can be regarded as a means for classifying the message on the screen 20 of the display. According to the embodiment of the method of the present invention, more than one message detection mode option is provided according to the message structure, and the user can freely select and set One of the message viewing modes is to help users quickly find the message of interest. A specific example is the discussion area of the foregoing social networking site. It is assumed that according to the message structure of the foregoing discussion area, the method of the present invention divides the message viewing mode into a "title view" mode and a "response view" mode, and provides a picture on the display screen. "View value control value control item" 22 (see "Figure 3").

"3rd picture" shows the case where the message view mode is set to the "title view" mode, assuming that the position of the reel bar 31 corresponds to the unit time "10" of the time axis 10 at this time, the steps of the method of the present invention will be Search all the messages with "title generation time" from 2012/11/10 from the message library of the discussion area, and then display the "title" of the found message in the first position P1 (can be displayed according to "title generation time"). Or sorted by other means), the user can clearly and quickly find the title generated on the day of 2012/11/10, the user can further select one of the titles by cursor 30, and all the responses of the title will be displayed. In the second position P2 of the screen 20 of the display (which may be sorted according to "response generation time", or otherwise sorted), and the content of the title or the selected content of the second position P2 will be Is displayed in the third position P3 of the screen 20 of the display; if the user does not click on any of the titles of the first position P1, in a possible implementation, the first position can be sorted The question is set to a predetermined selected title, and all responses of the title are displayed at the second position P2 of the screen 20 of the display; further, assume that the user clicks on one of the second positions P2 by using the cursor 30, this The "response content" of the selected response is displayed in the third position P3 of the screen 20 of the display.

"4th picture" shows the case where the message view mode is set to the "response view" mode, assuming that the position of the cursor 30 corresponds to the unit time "10" of the time axis 10, the steps of the method of the present invention will be Search all the messages in the discussion area for "Response time" as 2012/11/10, and then display the "Response" of the found message in the first position P1 (can be sorted according to "Response time", or Sorted by other means), the user can clearly and quickly find all the "responses" generated on the day of 2012/11/10, the user can further select one of the responses by the cursor 30, and the title of the response and the title The remaining responses will be displayed in the second position P2 of the display (which can be sorted according to "response generation time" or otherwise sorted), and the content of this response is either selected in the second position P2. The content of the response will be displayed in the third position P3 of the display; if the user does not click on any of the responses of the first position P1, in a possible implementation, the ranking can be ranked first The bit response is set to a predetermined selected response, and the title of the response and the remaining responses of the title are displayed in the second position P2 of the display; further, assume that the user selects one of the second positions P2 by using the cursor 30 In response, the "response content" of the selected response is displayed in the third position P3 of the display. The message display manners in the first position P1, the second position P2, and the third position P3 in the above "Fig. 2" and "Fig. 3" are only one embodiment for explaining the steps of the method of the present invention, and are not the only one. limited.

Through the "Title View Mode" and "Response View Mode", users can quickly find the information they care about. In practice, taking the discussion area as an example, a message uploaded by someone at a certain time will be uploaded to the discussion with the title and title content. District, and many of the responses, comments, or other topics that responded to this title may be spread over a longer period of time. For example, the first response and the last response are half a year apart, so In response to the view mode, and then set the length of the unit time to a longer time, such as several months or six months, you can quickly find all the responses within a specific time range; in another case, someone may be looking for A certain message, but not sure of the time when the message is generated, by the method of the present invention, the user can find a specific message in each unit time by setting the time length of the time axis 10 unit time.

Figure 10 is a flow chart showing the steps of another embodiment of the method of the present invention, including:
10-1. Displaying a time axis, a message display area and a window control element on the display;
10-2. The time axis is divided into several consecutive unit time according to a preset time length;
10-3. displaying at least one graphic mark on the display, where the position of any one of the graphic marks corresponds to a unit time in the time axis, and the graphic mark may represent a unit time related message corresponding to the position of the graphic mark on the time axis;
10-4. Obtain the current position of the window control component at the graphic mark, and set the current position as a mark position;
10-5. Obtaining the message indicated by the graphic mark at the mark position, and setting the generated time of the obtained message as a search target;
10-6. generating a search condition according to the search target;
10-7. Searching for a message from a source of information is generated within a time range covered by the search criteria;
10-8. Display the found message in the message display area.

In this embodiment, the method of the present invention incorporates a graphical indicia 40 in the picture 20 of the display, which in a sense can be considered to replace the scale 11 on the time axis 10 with such a graphic indicia 40, In another embodiment, the graphic mark 40 may also be displayed on the screen 20 of the display together with the time axis 10 having the scale 11 (as shown in FIG. 11). The graphic mark 40 is a graphic display message (the message includes Not limited to, for example, alphanumeric and hyperlinks, the graphical indicia 40 is selected from any of the group consisting of graphics, symbols, images, and statistical charts. The graphic mark 40 has a predetermined length of time as in the unit time described above. In other words, the graphic mark 40 divides the time axis 10 into a plurality of unit time according to a preset time length, the position and time axis of each graphic mark 40. Corresponding to a certain unit time in 10, the graphic mark 40 may indicate a related message or information within a time range covered by the unit time corresponding to the position of the graphic mark 40 on the time axis 10 (for example, the price at a certain time, the polling index, The top 5 hot news headlines in a certain time interval), so this graphic mark 40 is generated by a special software program based on some known historical information, one of which is shown in Figure 11, for example. The example shows a case where a stock order software implements the method of the present invention in a K-line diagram displayed on a display. Generally, each K-bar in the K-line diagram in the order software indicates that the stock is in a certain The historical trading price of the time interval, including: opening price, closing price, highest price and lowest price, and the unit time of each K bar can be freely set to 5 by the messenger. Minutes, 10 minutes, one day, one month, or other different length of time, and such a K-bar can be used as the graphical indicia 40 in the steps of the above-described method embodiments of the present invention. As far as stock traders are concerned, each K-bar has a certain meaning and reference value in different units of time. The stock trader may comment on a K-stick or participate in online discussions (discussion function) The stock trader may also wish to obtain news or messages related to a certain K-bar in a manner provided by the ordering software or provided by other software programs. Therefore, the steps of the above-described embodiments of the method of the present invention are used. The window control element (e.g., cursor 30) can be moved over a graphic mark 40 to further obtain the desired message.

As described above, in carrying out the steps of the "Fig. 1" method of the present invention in such a K-line diagram having a plurality of K-bars, it is assumed that the stock trader moves the cursor 30 to a certain K-bar (but the cursor 30 is Not staying at the K-bar), first specifying the time range covered by a unit time of the timeline 10 corresponding to the position of the cursor 30, the steps of the method according to the invention may be from a source of information (which may be internet news or It is a message or data in the time range covered by the search time when the search message is generated in the message library in a certain computer device, and then displayed in the first position P1 of the message display area of the display.

Since the K-bar graphics have certain manufacturing principles, including the red K-bar (see "12th picture") and the black K-bar (see "13th picture"), the K-bar is also indicated at different positions of the special graphic mark 40. There are different messages or materials, such as opening price, closing price, highest price and lowest price, assuming that the user further moves the cursor 30 to a certain position of the K-bar special graphic mark 40, according to the method of the present invention in "Picture 10" In the embodiment step, the cursor 30 is first obtained at the current position of the K-bar special graphic mark 40, and the current position is set as a mark position, and the message or information indicated by the graphic mark at the mark position is obtained, which will be obtained. The generation time of the message or the data is set as a search target, and a search condition is generated according to the search target. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the cursor 30 stays at the position where the red K bar indicates the lowest price, according to the method of the present invention. In the step of the embodiment of "Fig. 10", the generation time of the lowest price of the red K stick is T1, the generation time is set as the search condition, and then the source of the message (which may be the net) The search message in the network news or the message library in a computer device generates the message or data within the time range covered by the time T1, and finally displays the found message or data in the message display area; the time T1 may It is a time interval (for example, within 24 hours covered by a certain day), or it may be a certain time point (for example, time: 12:05). The information or information found may be news as shown in "11th picture". (News), discussion of a message, picture, video or a super-link; one of the implementations is to display the message or data in the time range covered by the time T1 in the obvious position of the message display area ( For example, the centering display), according to the message generation time order, the other messages generated in the adjacent time are displayed in the front, back, or up and down positions.

While the present invention has been described above by way of example, the present invention is not intended to limit the invention, and the invention may be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of patent protection is subject to the terms of the claims attached to this specification.

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Claims (18)

A method of displaying associated information on a display of a computer device, including:
1-1. Displaying, on the display, a time axis, a message display area, and at least one window control component;
1-2. dividing the time axis into a plurality of consecutive unit time according to a preset length of time;
1-3. Obtaining the position of the window control component;
1-4. Obtaining a unit time corresponding to the position of the window control element in the time axis;
1-5. Searching for a message from a source of information is generated within a time range covered by the unit time;
1-6. The message found is displayed in the message display area. A method for displaying an associated message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 1, wherein the time axis is marked with a plurality of scales, and any two adjacent ones of the scales are separated by the predetermined length of time. A method for displaying an associated message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 1 includes the step of providing a unit time set value control item on the screen of the display for setting the length of time of the unit time. A method for displaying an associated message on a display of a computer device as recited in claim 1, wherein the window control element is any one or a combination of a cursor, a scroll bar, and an indicator. A method for displaying a related message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 1, wherein the source of the message includes any one or all of a message library and an internet. The method for displaying an associated message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 1 includes displaying the found message and its associated message in the message display area based on the found message structure of the message. The method for displaying a related message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying a plurality of messages within a time range covered by the unit time in the message display area, including:
The step of establishing a message display interval;
The message originating from the message source is generated within a time range covered by the message display interval; and the message found is displayed in the message display area. A method for displaying an associated message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 7 wherein the message display interval is arbitrarily movable along an extension direction of the time axis. The method for displaying a related message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 1, further comprising: obtaining a set value of a message view mode, and displaying the found message according to the set value of the message view mode. Message display area. A method of displaying associated information on a display of a computer device, including:
Displaying a time axis, a message display area and a window control element on the display;
Dividing the time axis into a plurality of consecutive unit time according to a preset length of time;
Displaying at least one graphic mark on the display, the position of any one of the graphic marks corresponding to a certain unit time in the time axis, the graphic mark may indicate that the unit time corresponding to the position of the graphic mark on the time axis covers a message within the time range;
Obtaining the current position of the window control element at the graphic mark, and setting the current position as a mark position;
Obtaining the message or the information indicated by the graphic mark at the marked position, and setting the generated time of the obtained message or the data as a search target;
Generating a search condition based on the search target;
Searching for a message from a source of information is generated within a time range covered by the search criteria; and displaying the found message in the message display area. A method for displaying an associated message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 10, wherein the time axis is marked with a plurality of scales, and any two adjacent ones of the scales are separated by the predetermined length of time. A method for displaying an associated message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 10, wherein the screen of the display provides a set time control value for the unit time to set the length of time of the unit time. A method for displaying an associated message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 10, wherein the window control element is any one or a combination of a cursor, a scroll bar, and an indicator. A method for displaying an associated message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 10, wherein the graphical mark is selected from the group consisting of a graphic, a symbol, an image, and a statistical chart. A method for displaying a related message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 10, wherein the source of the message includes any one or all of a message library and an internet. A method for displaying an associated message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 10, wherein the message and the associated message are displayed in the message display area according to the message structure of the found message. The method for displaying an associated message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 10, wherein the message structure according to the found message displays the found message and its associated message in an interactive mode in the message display area. The method for displaying a related message on a display of a computer device as described in claim 10, further comprising: obtaining a set value of a message view mode, and displaying the found message according to the set value of the message view mode. Message display area.