Conference support system which associates a shared object with data relating to said shared object

A conference support system comprising a window system formed by a plurality of computers connected by a communication network, wherein each of said plurality of computers comprises:

• display means for displaying a common image on a screen area shared through said communication network,
• designating means for designating an object displayed on the shared screen area of said display means,
• inputting means for inputting comment data relating to the object designated by said designating means,
• storing means for storing the comment data inputted by said inputting means, the comment data being stored in correspondence with the object designated by said designating means,
• display control means for displaying the object designated by said designating means and the comment data relating to the object, which are stored in said storing means, on said display means in association with each other,
• communication control means for transmitting and receiving said object data and said comment data to and from another computer in said plurality of computers in association with each other so that said object and said comment data stored in said storing means are used in common through said communication network, and
• central processing means for controlling said display means, said designating means, said inputting means, said storing means, said display control means and said communication control means.

A conference support system comprising a window system formed by a plurality of computers connected by a communication network, wherein each of said plurality of computers comprises:

• a display means for displaying a common image on a screen area shared through said communication network,
• designating means for designating an object displayed on the shared screen area of said display means,
• inputting means for inputting comment data relating to the object designated by said designating means,
• storing means for storing the comment data inputted by said inputting means, the comment data being stored in correspondence with the object designated by said designating means,
• display control means for displaying the object designated by said designating means and the comment data relating to the object, which are stored in said storing means, on said display means in association with each other, and
• communication control means for transmitting and receiving said object data and said comment data to and from another computer in said plurality of computers in association with each other so that said object and said comment data stored in said storing means are used in common through said communication network, and wherein graphic data indicating said object in association with said object is used in common through said communication network.

A conference support system comprising a window system formed by a plurality of computers connected by a communication network, wherein each of said plurality of computers comprises:

• display means for displaying a common image on a screen area shared through said communication network,
• designating means for designating an object displayed on the shared screen area of said display means,
• inputting means for inputting comment data or graphic data relating to the object designated by said designating means,
• storing means for storing the comment data or graphic data inputted by said inputting means, the omment data being stored in correspondence with the object designated by said designating means,
• display control means for displaying the object designated by said designating means and the comment data or the graphic data related to the object, which are stored in said storing means, adjacent to said object data on said display means in association with each other,
• communication control means for transmitting and receiving said object data and said comment data or said graphic data to and from another computer in said plurality of computers in association with each other so that said object and said comment data or said graphic data stored in said storing means are used in common through said communication network, and
• central processing means for controlling said display means, said designating means, said inputting means, said storing means, said display control means and said communication control means.

A conference support system comprising a window system formed by a plurality of computers connected by a communication network, wherein each of said plurality of computers comprises:

• display means for displaying a common image on a screen area shared through said communication network,
• designating means for designating an object displayed on the shared screen area of said display means,
• inputting means for inputting comment data relating to the object designated by said designating means,
• storing means for storing the comment data inputted by said inputting means, the comment date being stored in correspondence with the object designated by said designating means so that said object and said comment data stored in said storing means are used in common through said communication network, and
• display control means for displaying the comment data relating to said object on a screen of said display means having the shared screen area in a form changed over between a condition in which said plurality of computers interlock with each other and a condition in which said plurality of computers do not interlock with each other.