Graphical message exchange system

Claim 2

A client server system, comprising a server and a plurality of clients connected to said server via communication lines, wherein said server further comprises a transmit /receive portion, an icon transfer portion which transfers an icon received by said transmit/receive portion to another client, and a screen creation portion which receives an icon from said transmit/receive portion and creates a message board screen, said client further comprises a transmit /receive portion, an icon creation portion which sends a transmission icon to said transmit/receive portion, and a screen creation portion which receives an icon received by said transmit /receive portion and/or an icon created by said icon creation portion and creates a message board screen, when said client has newly created an icon, said client displays said icon on its own message board screen and sends said icon to said server, and said server receives said icon, displays said icon on its own message board screen, and transfers said icon to another client.

Claim 3

The client server system according to Claim 2, wherein, when the icon is received, said server judges the attributes of the received icon, sends the icon to a corresponding client if the icon is a private icon, and sends the icon to all the clients if the icon is a multiple address message.

Claim 4

The client server system according to Claim 2, wherein said server and/or said client further comprises a private area screen creation portion which creates a private area screen where access is allowed only for specified persons, a public area creation portion which creates a public area screen where access is allowed for all participants, an area decision portion which receives operational information on said icon and decides which one of said private area screen and said public area screen this operation was executed in, and a security control portion which allows access to said icon based on the result of the decision by said area decision portion.

Claim 5

The client server system according to Claim 4, wherein the types of said access are read, edit, move, delete and copy.

Claim 6

The client server system according to Claim 4, wherein said private area screen is provided to each client.

Claim 7

The client server system according to Claim 4, wherein said public area screen corresponds to a public bulletin board.

Claim 8

The client server system according to Claim 4, wherein said security control portion comprises a permission table which shows the relationship between a user type and a permission type, and decides whether access is permitted/denied based on said table.

Claim 9

The client server system according to Claim 4, wherein said icon can be moved inside or between the private area screen and/or the public area screen by a drag and drop operation, and the area where said icon is placed corresponds to the destination of said icon and/or message.

Claim 10

The client server system according to Claim 9, wherein said icons are provided in an icon bar on the display screen in advance, and can be placed in an arbitrary area from said icon bar by a drag and drop operation.

Claim 11

An authoring tool for a client server system comprising a server and a plurality of clients connected to said server via communication lines, wherein common screens are displayed on said server and said plurality of clients, common icons are displayed on the screens of said server and said plurality of clients, said common screens and said common icons of said server and said plurality of clients are created and displayed according to mapping, said mapping comprises an area table where a screen is divided and defined as one or more areas, and a permission table where security is set for each combination of a user type and an access permission type, and an application is generated by setting said area table and said permission table.

Claim 12

A messaging system for a client server system comprising a server and a plurality of clients connected to said server via communication lines, wherein said server further comprises a transmit /receive portion, an icon transfer portion which transfers an icon received by said transmit /receive portion to another client, and a screen creation portion which receives an icon from said transmit/receive portion and creates a message board screen, said client further comprises a transmit /receive portion, an icon creation portion which sends a transmission icon to said transmit /receive portion, and a screen creation portion which receives an icon received by said transmit/receive portion and/or an icon created by said icon creation portion and creates a message board screen, when said client has newly created an icon, said client displays said icon on its own message board screen and sends said icon to said server, said server receives said icon, displays said icon on its own message board screen, and transfers said icon to another client, said server and/or said client further comprises a private area screen creation portion which creates a private area screen where access is allowed only for specified persons, a public area creation portion which creates a public area screen where access is allowed for all participants, an icon area screen creation portion which enables one of a plurality of icons provided on the display screen in advance to be placed in an arbitrary area by dragging and dropping said icon, an area decision portion which receives operation information on said icon and decides which one of said private area screen and said public area screen this operation was executed in, and a security control portion which allows access to said icon based on the result of the decision by said area decision portion, said icon includes a message, said icon can be moved inside or between the private area screen and/or the public area screen by a drag and drop operation, and the area where said icon is placed is specified as a destination of said message, and only a client which has obtained permission from said security control portion can read said message.

Claim 13

An order system for a client server system comprising a server and a plurality of clients connected to said server via communication lines, wherein said server further comprises a transmit /receive portion, and a screen creation portion which receives an icon from said transmit /receive portion and creates a message board screen, said client further comprises a transmit/receive portion, an icon creation portion which sends a transmission icon to said transmit/receive portion, and a screen creation portion which receives an icon received by said transmit/receive portion and/or an icon created by said icon creation portion, and creates a message board screen, when said client has newly created an icon, said client displays said icon on its own message board screen and sends said icon to said server, said server receives said icon and displays said icon on its own message board screen, said client further comprises an information area creation portion for creating an information area screen to display information on commodities, and an icon area screen creation portion for enabling an order icon provided on the display screen in advance to be placed in one of said information areas by dragging and dropping, and said server further comprises an information area creation portion for creating an information area screen to display information on commodities, and an icon area screen creation portion for allowing an order conformation icon provided on the display screen in advance to be placed in association with said order icon by dragging and dropping.