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US6169547B1 Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Method for displaying an icon of media data

Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1997-11-19
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Granted: 2001-01-02
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Expires: 2017-11-19
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Abstract

Abstract An information processing system for creating a search data for an application-specific data is proposed. An application processing section inputs or edits data on the basis of an application program. An application-specific data storage section stores the application-specific data input or edited by the application processing section. A search data is created by a search data creating section for searching the application-specific data stored in the application-specific data storage section for a specific data. The search data creating section also creates a correspondence between the search data and the application-specific data. A search data storage section stores the search data created by the search data creating section. A correspondence storage section stores the correspondence between the search data and the application-specific data. Further, a data output section connected to and shared by a plurality of data input or editing units including the application processing section and the search data creating section. The search data creating section creates the search data from the application-specific data sent from the application processing section to the data output section.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tetsuo Tanaka
  • 👤 Toshiaki Kohno
  • 👤 Hiroshi Tomita

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/40; G06F16/48; G06F16/50; G06F16/54; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99934; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99943; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945; Y10S707/99948

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 60 words
A method for displaying an icon of media-data by using a processing unit, comprising the steps of: a) selecting an editing method according to kind of said media-data; b) generating image-data by operating on at least part of the contents of said media-data by using said selected editing method; and c) displaying an icon on the basis of said image-data.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 60 words
A method for displaying an icon of media-data by using a processing unit, comprising the steps of: a) selecting an editing method according to kind of said media-data; b) generating image-data by operating on at least part of the contents of said media-data by using said selected editing method; and c) displaying an icon on the basis of said image-data.
Claim 3
Independent Claim 117 words
A method for generating an icon of media-data by using a processing unit, comprising the steps of: a) selecting a generating method of said icon according to a data format of said media-data; b) generating image data by operating on at least part of the contents of said media-data, if said media-data has an image format; c) generating image data by changing to an image format data from a data format for outputting onto an output device an execution result of an application program corresponding to said media-data, if said media-data has a different format from image format; and d) generating an icon on the basis of said image data generated in said step b) or c).
Claim 4
Independent Claim 117 words
A method for generating an icon of media-data by using a processing unit, comprising the steps of: a) selecting a generating method of said icon according to a data format of said media-data; b) generating image data by operating on at least part of the contents of said media-data, if said media-data has an image format; c) generating image data by changing to an image format data from a data format for outputting onto an output device an execution result of an application program corresponding to said media-data, if said media-data has a different format from image format; and d) generating an icon on the basis of said image data generated in said step b) or c).
Claim 5
Independent Claim 76 words
A method for displaying an icon of a window as an execution result of an application program by using a processing unit, comprising the steps of: a) detecting a designation inputted from an input device for changing said window displayed at execution of said application program to an icon; b) generating an icon by scaling down at least one of part of bit-map data corresponding to contents displayed on said window; and c) displaying said icon.
Claim 6
Independent Claim 76 words
A method for displaying an icon of a window as an execution result of an application program by using a processing unit, comprising the steps of: a) detecting a designation inputted from an input device for changing said window displayed at execution of said application program to an icon; b) generating an icon by scaling down at least one of part of bit-map data corresponding to contents displayed on said window; and c) displaying said icon.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 2004-01-02 2004-07-03 2005-01-02 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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