Method for performing split screen display
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorATSUSHI KUMAKI
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Abstract
An apparatus for performing split display is disclosed. The apparatus includes various interfaces through which a group of information processing devices can be connected to the apparatus, a user interface (UI) module that accepts a user operation, and a screen split module that splits a display area of a display into a set of display areas. The screen split module also allocates the display areas to the group of information processing devices accordingly, and displays pieces of display information that are input from the group of information processing devices via the interfaces in the respective display areas. The screen split module may set a display attribute of each of the display areas in response to the user operation that has been accepted via the UI module.
Claims14
An apparatus for performing split screen display, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of interfaces through which a plurality of information processing devices are connected to said apparatus;
- a user interface (UI) module for receiving a user operation;
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- a screen split module for splitting a display screen into a plurality of display areas, for allocating said display areas to said plurality of information processing devices accordingly, and for displaying various display information from said plurality of information processing devices via said interfaces on said display areas accordingly, wherein said screen split module also sets a display attribute of each of said display areas in response to said user operation that has been accepted by said UI module.
A method comprising:
- receiving a user operation via an receiver;
- splitting a display screen into a plurality of display areas;
- allocating said plurality of display areas to a plurality of information processing devices that are connected to said receiver accordingly;
- setting a display attribute of each of said allocated display areas to each of said information processing device in response to a user operation;
- and
- displaying various display information coming from each of said plurality of information processing devices in each of said allocated display areas for which said display attribute has been set accordingly.
A computer readable storage medium having a program product for performing split screen display, said computer readable storage medium comprising:
- computer code for receiving a user operation via an receiver;
- computer code for splitting a display screen into a plurality of display areas;
- computer code for allocating said plurality of display areas to a plurality of information processing devices that are connected to said receiver accordingly;
- computer code for setting a display attribute of each of said allocated display areas to each of said information processing device in response to a user operation, wherein said display attribute includes a display position and a display size of each of said allocated display areas;
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- computer code for displaying various display information coming from each of said plurality of information processing devices in each of said allocated display areas for which said display attribute has been set accordingly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.