Patent ID: 6542165
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of relating annotation data to an application window executed on a display control apparatus which has a display screen and a pointing device for designating a position on said display screen, and is capable of displaying a plurality of application windows on said display screen, said method comprising:(a) a step of specifying an application window in response to an operator input; (b) a step of generating a transparent window of which said specified application window is a parent window in a substantially same area as an area of said specified application window excluding the title bar and in front of said specified application window; (c) a step of monitoring an operator input on said transparent window; (d) a step of determining, when an operator input is generated on said transparent window, whether or not it is an event for generating annotation data in said transparent window, said transparent window containing only annotations from operator input; and (e) a step of generating annotation data responding to said operator input in said transparent window when it is determined that the operator input generated on said transparent window is an event to generate annotation data.