Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
263 words
A method for controlling a plurality of windows having boundary rows therebetween and being displayed lengthwise on a display unit, each of said windows displaying the part of a page of a card image belonging to a box, said card image comprising common card mode data for card images belonging to the same box and individual card data for each card image, said method comprising the steps of: determining whether or not there is a window below an active window in which a cursor is located; moving up said cursor when there is a window below said active window; performing a down-scrolling operation upon said active window until the first row of a card image displayed in said active window reaches a row next to the boundary row thereof, when said cursor is moved up; moving up the boundary row of said active window after the first row of said card image displayed in said active window reaches the boundary row thereof, when said cursor is moved up; determining whether or not there is a window above said active window; moving down said cursor when there is a window above said active window; performing an up-scrolling operation upon said active window until the bottom row of said card image displayed in said active window reaches a row next to the boundary row thereof, when said cursor is moved down; and moving down the boundary row of said active window after the bottom row of said card image displayed in said active window reaches the boundary row thereof, when said cursor is moved down.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
263 words
A method for controlling a plurality of windows having boundary rows therebetween and being displayed lengthwise on a display unit, each of said windows displaying the part of a page of a card image belonging to a box, said card image comprising common card mode data for card images belonging to the same box and individual card data for each card image, said method comprising the steps of: determining whether or not there is a window below an active window in which a cursor is located; moving up said cursor when there is a window below said active window; performing a down-scrolling operation upon said active window until the first row of a card image displayed in said active window reaches a row next to the boundary row thereof, when said cursor is moved up; moving up the boundary row of said active window after the first row of said card image displayed in said active window reaches the boundary row thereof, when said cursor is moved up; determining whether or not there is a window above said active window; moving down said cursor when there is a window above said active window; performing an up-scrolling operation upon said active window until the bottom row of said card image displayed in said active window reaches a row next to the boundary row thereof, when said cursor is moved down; and moving down the boundary row of said active window after the bottom row of said card image displayed in said active window reaches the boundary row thereof, when said cursor is moved down.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
197 words
A method for controlling a plurality of windows having boundary rows therebetween and being displayed lengthwise in a display unit, each of said windows displaying part of a page of a card image belonging to a box, said card image comprising common card mode data for card images belonging to the same box and individual card data for each card image, said method comprising the steps of: determining whether or not there is a window below an active window in which a cursor is located; moving up said cursor when there is a window below said active window; performing a down-scrolling operation upon said active window until the first row of a card image displayed in said active window reaches a row next to the boundary row thereof, when said cursor is moved up; determining whether or not there is a window above said active window; moving down said cursor when there is a window above said active window; and performing an up-scrolling operation upon said active window until the bottom row of said card , image displayed in said active window reaches a row next to the boundary row thereof, when said cursor is moved down.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
197 words
A method for controlling a plurality of windows having boundary rows therebetween and being displayed lengthwise in a display unit, each of said windows displaying part of a page of a card image belonging to a box, said card image comprising common card mode data for card images belonging to the same box and individual card data for each card image, said method comprising the steps of: determining whether or not there is a window below an active window in which a cursor is located; moving up said cursor when there is a window below said active window; performing a down-scrolling operation upon said active window until the first row of a card image displayed in said active window reaches a row next to the boundary row thereof, when said cursor is moved up; determining whether or not there is a window above said active window; moving down said cursor when there is a window above said active window; and performing an up-scrolling operation upon said active window until the bottom row of said card , image displayed in said active window reaches a row next to the boundary row thereof, when said cursor is moved down.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method as set forth in claim 1 or 2, further comprising the step of changing card data of said card image displayed in said active window belonging to the same box.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
76 words
A method as set forth in claim 1 or 2, further comprising the steps of: changing said active window into a non-active window while leaving unchanged cursor relative coordinates in a card image belonging to a box; changing another window into an active window while transforming cursor relative coordinates in a card image belonging to another box into absolute coordinates in said display unit; and displaying said cursor at said absolute coordinates in said display unit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method as set forth in claim 4, further comprising the step of performing a scrolling operation upon said active window so as to display said cursor in said display unit, when said cursor is not displayed in said active window.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
A method as set forth in claim 1 or 2 further comprising the steps of: displaying a corresponding box name at the boundary row of a window; displaying a corresponding page number at the boundary row of a window which displays the corresponding page of card image; renewing said box name in response to the change of a box; and renewing said page number in response to the change of a card image.