US 8,078,675 B2 · Server unit, client unit, server-based computing system, server control method, client control method, and recording medium

Abstract

A display-operation setting database for defining key arrangements on the input unit (soft keyboard) of a client according to the type of an application which runs on a server is stored in the server beforehand. When the application running on the server is changed according to an input event from the client, definition information on the key arrangement corresponding to the operation application is read from the stored database and transmitted to the client. The key arrangement displayed on the input unit (soft keyboard) of the client is changed to a key arrangement corresponding to the operation application on the basis of the definition information received from the server. Then, a key signal corresponding to the user operation on the basis of the key arrangement is transmuted to the server, thereby specifying the processing of the operation application.

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Dependent claims

A client unit which transmits an input event corresponding to a user operation to a server unit connected via a network and receives screen information created according to an application program run on the server unit according to the input event, the client unit comprising:

a processor coupled with memory;
a key information reception module which receives key pad control information corresponding to an application program now in operation from the server unit;
a determination module which determines whether the key control information received by the key information reception module is specific key control information including exclusive key pad information inherently used in the application program or not;
a first key display control module which, if the received key control information is determined as the specific key control information by the determination module, displays as an input unit a key pad including a plurality of keys based on the exclusive key pad information included in the key control information;
a second key display control module which, if the received key control information is not determined as the specific key control information by the determination module, displays as an input unit a key pad including a plurality of keys based on common key pad information preliminarily stored in the client unit;
and
a key operation signal transmission module which transmits, as an input event to the server unit, a key operation signal to be operated according to a user operation on any key of the key pad displayed by the first or second key display control module.

4 more elements

A server-based computing system having a server unit and a client unit connected thereto via a network, the server unit including

a storage module which stores exclusive key pad information for displaying an input unit of the client unit for each type of application program,
a first determination module which, if change of the application program is required by the client unit, determines whether exclusive key pad information corresponding to type of the changed application program is stored or not, and
a key pad information transmission module which, if it is determined by the first determination module that the exclusive key pad information is stored, transmits the stored exclusive key pad information to the client unit,
the client unit including
a second determination module which determines whether the exclusive key pad information is transmitted from the server unit or not, according to the change of the application program,
a key display control module which, if it is determined by the second determination module that the exclusive key pad information is transmitted, displays as an input unit a key pad including a plurality of keys based on the exclusive key pad information and, if it is determined by the second determination module that the exclusive key pad information is not transmitted, displays a key pad including a plurality of keys based on common key pad information preliminarily stored in the client unit, and
a key operation signal transmission module which transmits to the server unit, a key operation signal to be operated according to a user operation on any key of the key pad displayed by the key display control module.

4 more elements

A non-transitory computer readable medium which records the process of transmitting an input event corresponding to a user operation to a server unit connected via a network and receiving screen information created according to an application program run on the server unit according to the input event in the form of a program and from which a computer of a client unit is capable of reading instructions, the program comprising:

a process of causing the computer to receive key pad control information corresponding to an application program now in operation from the server unit;
a process of determining whether the received key control information is specific key control information including exclusive key pad information inherently used in the application program or not;
a process of causing the computer to display as an input unit a key pad including a plurality of keys based on the exclusive key pad information included in the key control information;
a process of causing the computer to display as an input unit a key pad including a plurality of keys based on common key pad information preliminarily stored in the client unit;
and
a process of causing the computer to transmit, as an input event to the server unit, a key operation signal to be operated according to a user operation on any key.

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A method of controlling a server-based computing system having a server unit and a client unit connected thereto via a network, the method comprising:

storing exclusive key pad information for displaying an input unit of the client unit for each type of application program;
determining, if change of the application program is required by the client unit, whether exclusive key pad information corresponding to type of the changed application program is stored or not;
transmitting, if it is determined that the exclusive key pad information is stored, the stored exclusive key pad information to the client unit;
determining whether the exclusive key pad information is transmitted from the server unit or not, according to the change of the application program;
displaying as an input unit a key pad including a plurality of keys based on the exclusive key pad information if it is determined that the exclusive key pad information is transmitted, and displaying a key pad including a plurality of keys based on common key pad information preliminarily stored in the client unit if it is determined that the exclusive key pad information is not transmitted;
and
transmitting to the server unit a key operation signal to be operated according to a user operation on any key of the displayed key pad.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Server unit, client unit, server-based computing system, server control method, client control method, and recording medium

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Server unit, client unit, server-based computing system, server control method, client control method, and recording medium

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