Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Patent
1997-09-30
2000-01-11
Bayerl, Raymond J.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
345332, 709205, G06F 1300
Patent
active
060141360
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus which is capable of transmitting or receiving message data through a communication network.
BACKGROUND ART
In recent years, communication networks have been developed, and, as communication services, not only conventional public telephone services but also various communication services provided by communication service companies have established. If a personal computer user signs up with a personal computer communication service company, for example, CompuServe, Inc. or America Online, Inc., he/she can receive various communication services such as E mail or teleconferencing, information services for receiving specific information such as news or weather forecasts, and transaction services for buying products, or making airline or hotel reservations. Therefore, a large number of users sign up with communication service companies.
By using these communication services, a person can speak with distant persons using keyboards, and can enjoy chatting in real time on display screens. In a personal computer communication chat, conversation is performed in a considerably rough style with "speak " feeling. In addition, the chat is performed at an ordinary conversation speed. Therefore, the contents of interesting conversation by chat are stored in a file of a personal computer, and the stored conversation data is read from the file to be displayed or printed. In this case, a disordered display state is obtained if the stored conversation data is displayed or printed as it is, and it is very difficult to discriminate the speakers of the conversation data, thereby degrading visible readability.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a data processing apparatus with a communication function whereby a speaker of conversation data can be easily discriminated on an output of the conversation data.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a data processing apparatus with a communication function whereby a speaker of conversation data can be easily discriminated depending on a communication history.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a data processing apparatus with a communication function whereby a predetermined data can be easily discriminated from the conversation data.
According to the present invention, there is provided a data processing apparatus which can be connected to a communication network, comprising means for determining whether data is transmission data or reception data, and output means for adding specific modification to at least one of the transmission data and the reception data to output the data with the specific information.
According to the present invention, there is provided another data processing apparatus which can be connected to a communication network, comprising means for determining whether predetermined data is included in reception data, and output means for, when the reception data is output, performing a predetermined modification to the predetermined data included in the reception data.
Additional objects and advantages of the present invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present invention.
The objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized and obtained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate presently preferred embodiments of the present invention and, together with the general description given above and the detailed description of the preferred embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the present invention in which:
FIG. 1 shows a basic arrangement of a data processing apparatus with communication function;
FIG. 2 shows the details of a RAM (Random Access Memory) 7 in th
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Ogasawara Satoshi
Sakata Masaru
Bayerl Raymond J.
Casio Computer Co. Ltd.
Luu Sy D.
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