US6044420A
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Tacit viewing system, method and medium for representing peripheral data related to focused data with timing of representation determined by a representation timing determining element
Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp
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Filing: 1998-01-30
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Granted: 2000-03-28
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Expires: 2018-01-30
Abstract
Abstract A data outputting system realizes tacit viewing by representing pieces of peripheral data related to focused data to which a user pays attention at an appropriate timing. In the system, the data to which the user pays attention is selected by a data designating element as focused data from the plural pieces of data held by a database, and a focused data representing element makes the outputting element output the focused data. A peripheral data determining element selects the pieces of peripheral data from the plural pieces of data held by the database based on the degree of relation to the focused data, and a timing determining element determines the timing of representation of the peripheral data in accordance with the attributes of the focused data, the history of representation of the focused data in the past, the attributes of the user, and so on. Then a peripheral data representing element makes the outputting element output the pieces of peripheral data at the determined timing.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshifumi Matsunaga
- 👤 Hirohito Shibata
- 👤 Toshikatsu Suzuki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 20:38
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99943
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
171 words
A data outputting system comprising: a memory that stores a plurality of pieces of data; a representation element that represents at least one of the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory; a focused data designating element that selects a piece of data as focused data from the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory; a focused data representation element that represents the focused data using the representation element; a peripheral data determining element that selects at least one piece of data as peripheral data from the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory in accordance with a relation of the at least one piece of data to the focused data; a representation timing determining element that determines timing of representation of the peripheral data selected by the peripheral data determining element; and a peripheral data representation element that represents, using the representation element, the peripheral data selected by the peripheral data determining element at the representation timing determined by the representation timing determining element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
171 words
A data outputting system comprising: a memory that stores a plurality of pieces of data; a representation element that represents at least one of the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory; a focused data designating element that selects a piece of data as focused data from the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory; a focused data representation element that represents the focused data using the representation element; a peripheral data determining element that selects at least one piece of data as peripheral data from the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory in accordance with a relation of the at least one piece of data to the focused data; a representation timing determining element that determines timing of representation of the peripheral data selected by the peripheral data determining element; and a peripheral data representation element that represents, using the representation element, the peripheral data selected by the peripheral data determining element at the representation timing determined by the representation timing determining element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The data outputting system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the representation timing determining element determines the timing of representation of the peripheral data selected by the peripheral data determining element by the representation element in accordance with an attribute of the focused data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
128 words
The data outputting system as set forth in claim 2, further comprising: a reading capability memory that stores the user's reading capability for each kind of language; and a timing designating element that accepts the user's designation for changing the representation timing determined by the representation timing determined by the representation timing determining element, wherein the focused data is text data having the kind of language as an attribute, and the representation timing determining element determines the representation timing based on the kind of language describing the focused data represented by the representation element and the user's reading capability for the kind of language stored in the reading capability memory and changes the determined representation timing in accordance with the user's designation accepted by the timing designating element.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
74 words
The data outputting system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising: a history memory that stores a history of representation of the focused data represented by the focused data representation element, wherein the representation timing determining element determines the timing of representation of the peripheral data selected by the peripheral data determining element by the representation element in accordance with the history of representation of the focused data stored in the history memory.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
63 words
The data outputting system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising: a user's attribute memory that stores an attribute of a user, wherein the representation timing determining element determines the timing of representation of the peripheral data selected by the peripheral data determining element by the representation element in accordance with the attribute of the user stored in the user's attribute memory.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
111 words
The data outputting system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising: a user's attribute memory that stores an attribute of a user; and a history memory that stores a history of representation of the focused data represented by the focused data representation element, wherein the representation timing determining element determines the timing of representation of the peripheral data selected by the peripheral data determining element by the representation element in accordance with a combination of at least two of an attribute of the focused data, the history of representation of the focused data stored in the history memory, and the attribute of the user stored in the user's attribute memory.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The data outputting system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the representation timing determining element randomly determines the timing of representation of the peripheral data selected by the peripheral data determining element by the representation element.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
56 words
The data outputting system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the representation timing determining element determines the timing of representation of the peripheral data selected by the peripheral data determining element by the representation element in accordance with a kind of medium of the focused data and a kind of medium of the peripheral data.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
123 words
A data outputting method comprising the steps of: storing a plurality of pieces of data in a memory; representing at least one of the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory using a representation element; selecting a piece of data as focused data from the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory; representing the focused data using the representation element; selecting at least one piece of data as peripheral data from the plurality of pieces of stored data in accordance with a relation of the at least one piece of data to the focused data; determining timing of representation of the selected peripheral data; and representing the selected peripheral data at the determined representation timing using the representation element.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
123 words
A data outputting method comprising the steps of: storing a plurality of pieces of data in a memory; representing at least one of the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory using a representation element; selecting a piece of data as focused data from the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory; representing the focused data using the representation element; selecting at least one piece of data as peripheral data from the plurality of pieces of stored data in accordance with a relation of the at least one piece of data to the focused data; determining timing of representation of the selected peripheral data; and representing the selected peripheral data at the determined representation timing using the representation element.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
155 words
A storage medium readable by a computer having a memory that stores a plurality of pieces of data and a representation element that represents at least one of the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory, the storage medium storing a programs of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function of outputting data, the function of outputting data comprising the steps of: selecting a piece of data as focused data from the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory; representing the focused data using the representation element; selecting at least one piece of data as peripheral data from the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory in accordance with a relation of the at least one piece of data to the focused data; determining timing of representation of the selected peripheral data; and representing the selected peripheral data at the determined representation timing using the representation element.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
155 words
A storage medium readable by a computer having a memory that stores a plurality of pieces of data and a representation element that represents at least one of the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory, the storage medium storing a programs of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function of outputting data, the function of outputting data comprising the steps of: selecting a piece of data as focused data from the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory; representing the focused data using the representation element; selecting at least one piece of data as peripheral data from the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory in accordance with a relation of the at least one piece of data to the focused data; determining timing of representation of the selected peripheral data; and representing the selected peripheral data at the determined representation timing using the representation element.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
The data outputting system of claim 1, wherein the piece of data selected by the focused data designating element as focused data is designated by a user.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
57 words
The data outputting system of claim 1, wherein the relation used by the peripheral data determining element to select at least one piece of data as the peripheral data from the plurality of pieces of data stored in the memory is a degree of relation of the at least one piece of data to the focused data.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
30 words
The data outputting system of claim 1, wherein the focused data designating element selects the peripheral data as focused data when the peripheral data is represented using the representation element.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
The data outputting system of claim 1, wherein the focused data designating element selects the peripheral data represented using the representation element as focused data.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
65 words
The data outputting system of claim 1, wherein the representation element comprises: a focused data representation portion in which the focused data representation element represents the focused data; and at least one peripheral data representation portion in which the peripheral data representation element represents the peripheral data selected by the peripheral data determining element at the representation timing determined by the representation timing determining element.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
The data outputting system of claim 1, the memory stores the plurality of pieces of data in a plurality of files.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
31 words
The data outputting system of claim 1, wherein the representation timing determining element determines the timing of representation of the peripheral data according to the content of the selected focused data.
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