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Group working system having operator discriminating function

US5353398A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 1993
Grant dateOct 4, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/567
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A group working system includes a plurality of work stations interconnected through a network and each having a multi-window function. Each work station is provided with a group working user interface program executed under the control of a control program for transferring control information for a group work with the other work stations. When input operation is performed for a window of a group working mode in any one of the work stations, indication information for identifying an operator or work station performing the input operation is output to an additional window which is paired with the above-mentioned window. By making reference to the indication information, each user can avoid conflict in the input operation to the same window of the group working mode with other users.

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