Fujitsu Corporation

Apple Inc.

Hajime Kamata

Katsutoshi Yano

Yu Minakuchi

Satoshi Okuyama

Akihiko Obata

Masayuki Ozawa

Akiko Fukue

Motomitsu Adachi

Kenichi Ohzasa

Toshimitsu Suzuki

Tsuneo Katsuyama

Youichi Ashida

Shuuichi Hiroshima

Ayako Katsuyama

A remote-operated unit of a user terminal apparatus remote-operated through network from a remote terminal apparatus of a support staff sends image information of a changed portion to the remote terminal apparatus to display a business screen in an interlocked manner when a change is detected in the business screen displayed by a business processing unit with an image-information transmission unit. When an operation-information reception unit receives remote operation information of a mouse or keyboard from the remote terminal apparatus, a remote-operation prohibited region management unit refers to a remote-operation prohibited region table and prohibits remote operation if the remote operation information is within the operation prohibited region.

Remote operation program, method and terminal apparatus

Apparatus and a method of operation manipulates the display of an object on the display surface of a display device in accordance with sensing touching contact on a touch panel, superimposed on the display surface and simulating movement of the displayed object in accordance with the characteristics of the touching contact on the touch panel adjacent to the displayed object image. Further, object data defining the display of the object image for each of a plurality of different states of the object, display information specifying the shape and physical properties of the object and the current display position thereof and file information relating to the stored data are stored and accessed for interpreting the simulated manipulation of the object by the characteristics of the touching contact therewith, for correspondingly manipulating and displaying the thus manipulated object image.

Apparatus for manipulating an object displayed on a display device by using a touch screen

A video conferencing system uses video conferencing terminals at a number of locations to allow each of participants in a video conference to watch other participants he or she wants to watch in a desired array using a small amount of hardware. The system comprises first image reduction and storage units for reducing images from the terminals at a reduction ratio for speaker's image and storing the reduced images, second image reduction and storage units for reducing the images from the terminals at a reduction ratio for non-speaker's image and storing the reduced images, image readout control units for reading the reduced image stored in a corresponding one of the second image reduction and storage units in such a way that a plurality of reduced images identical to that reduced image can be displayed on one display screen, and an image selecting and combining unit for generating a composite image and outputting it to receiving terminals.

Multi-location video conferencing system

Apparatus for manipulating an object displayed on a display device by

A multi-window communication system performs a communication and telewriting between terminals having multi-window functions. This system inputs commands for a window frame change, a screen scrolling and various function execution designation, and analyzes and executes a command inputted by said inputting means and transmitted from another terminal. It displays window display data stored in a memory under the control of a command analysis, and transmits and receives transmitting and receiving signals to or from another terminal, under the control of a command analysis. Then, the system maintains window management data, changes a window frame and controls a scrolling of a window screen, under the control of the command analysis.

Multi-window communication system

A multimedia communication system which allows a user at a terminal to efficiently place an order for merchandise with a merchandise provider includes terminals and a multimedia server connected thereto via a public network. The multimedia server includes an information storage unit for storing multimedia information on each merchandise item, a communication control unit for controlling information transmission between terminals and the server via the public network, and a bulletin board service unit for transmitting merchandise items from the information storage unit to the communication control unit in response to a merchandise information look-up request from any of terminals. The multimedia server further has an ordering service unit and a main service unit. The ordering service unit enters the quantities and delivery times of merchandise ordered from a terminal into a received order master file, transcribes what is input in the master file onto a slip, and enters the slip into a received order file after adding to the slip the address, name and user code number of the user who placed the order. The mail service unit transmits slips held in the ordering service unit to the terminal of a merchandise delivery center via the communication control unit.

Multimedia communication system with a multimedia server to terminals

A multiwindow display control method and apparatus for easily controlling a display of a plurality of groups of windows each group including a plurality of windows. The invention includes plural frame memory control units each storing pixel data to be displayed on one of the windows, a first group number of a group of windows to which the window belongs, and a priority number for identifying a display priority among the windows included in the same group of windows. The invention further provides an outline generating unit for generating a second group number each identifying one of the group of windows; a pixel data arbitration unit for determining a group of windows having the first group number which coincides with the second group number, and for determining a window to be displayed having a highest priority number of the determined group of windows; and a display unit for displaying pixel data of the determined window.

Multiwindow display control method and apparatus

A method and apparatus for performing image communication between a plurality of terminals are suggested, in which a composing unit is provided for composing a signal transmitted from a predetermined number of terminals at the transmitting side, together with destination information, into one image signal. An encoding unit encodes the composite signal composed by the composing unit. The composite signal encoded at the encoding unit is transmitted to the receiving side through an exchange at the transmitting side.

Method and apparatus for controlling image communication between a

A guidance message display control system for displaying a guidance message on terminal equipment, such as multi-media communication terminals. The system maintains and updates a skill level which corresponds to the length of delay occuring before the display of the guidance message. The system awaits a choice selection by a users. If within a predetermined time delay the user has not input a valid selection, then the guidance message is displayed and the skill level is decreased. On the other hand, if a valid selection is made within the predetermined period, then the skill level is increased. Thus, guidance messages are displayed based upon user skill. That is, the messages appear for the unskilled user, but only appear as needed for the skilled user.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Hajime Kamata