A method for controlling a display device that includes a touch screen is provided. The method includes establishing a plurality of window display spaces in the touch screen, wherein each of the plurality of window display spaces displays a window for running an application, displaying a launcher application in one of the plurality of window display spaces, the launcher application presenting at least one icon to run at least one application, receiving in the launcher application a new application run command to run a new application, and displaying a new window for running the new application in one of the other window display spaces than the window display space where the launcher application is displayed, in response to the new application run command.

A method for controlling a display device that includes a touch screen is provided. The method includes establishing a plurality of window display spaces in the touch screen, wherein each of the plurality of window display spaces displays a window for running an application, displaying a launcher application in one of the plurality of window display spaces, the launcher application presenting at least one icon to run at least one application, receiving in the launcher application a new application run command to run a new application, and displaying a new window for running the new application in one of the other window display spaces than the window display space where the launcher application is displayed, in response to the new application run command.

A second terminal displays, on a display of the second terminal, an object dragged from a first terminal; the second terminal displays a second cursor on the object; the second terminal receives data of a motion operation that is input by a user by using an input device of the first terminal; and the second terminal displays, on the display of the second terminal based on the motion operation, an animation in which the object moves with the second cursor.

A second terminal displays, on a display of the second terminal, an object dragged from a first terminal; the second terminal displays a second cursor on the object; the second terminal receives data of a motion operation that is input by a user by using an input device of the first terminal; and the second terminal displays, on the display of the second terminal based on the motion operation, an animation in which the object moves with the second cursor.

System (100) comprising several edge computing devices (ECD), each comprising a sensor (S); a memory (M); a Central Processing Unit, CPU; and digital communication interface (IF), for communication across a network (NW).

The invention is characterised in that each edge computing device is arranged with a respective interpreting software function, arranged to execute on said CPU and to interpret computer code, received via said digital communication interface and stored in said memory, according to a query language having a predetermined syntax; in that said syntax is arranged to define queries the results of which are streams of data; in that a first such software function is arranged to pose a first query to a second edge computing device (120), in that a second such software function of said type is arranged to, in response thereto, generate and communicate a second stream of data; in that the first software function is arranged to preprocessing said second stream so that it adheres to a predefined global data ontology, and to perform a first calculation using said second stream.

The invention also relates to a method.

Methods and systems are disclosed for collecting and releasing virtual objects between disparate augmented reality environments. One method comprises receiving user selection to collect an object in a first environment displayed on a user device at a first time. A search request may then be transmitted to a content server from which a virtual object corresponding to the collected object is received in response. The virtual object may be stored in a user library associated with a user identifier of the user. When a second environment is displayed on the user device, the virtual object may be added to the second environment in response to receiving user selection to add the virtual object and determining that the user is associated with the user identifier.

Methods and systems are disclosed for collecting and releasing virtual objects between disparate augmented reality environments. One method comprises receiving user selection to collect an object in a first environment displayed on a user device at a first time. A search request may then be transmitted to a content server from which a virtual object corresponding to the collected object is received in response. The virtual object may be stored in a user library associated with a user identifier of the user. When a second environment is displayed on the user device, the virtual object may be added to the second environment in response to receiving user selection to add the virtual object and determining that the user is associated with the user identifier.

An information processing apparatus includes a display, a setter, and a synchronization controller. The display displays a first document in a first window and also displays a second document in a second window. The setter sets a synchronization setting between the first and second documents. The synchronization controller executes an operation performed on one of the first and second documents also on the other one of the first and second documents when a synchronization setting is set by the setter, and cancels the synchronization setting when one of the first and second documents is in a first state in which it is not being used and restarts the synchronization setting when the corresponding one of the first and second documents is changed from the first state to a second state in which it is being used.

An information processing apparatus includes a display, a setter, and a synchronization controller. The display displays a first document in a first window and also displays a second document in a second window. The setter sets a synchronization setting between the first and second documents. The synchronization controller executes an operation performed on one of the first and second documents also on the other one of the first and second documents when a synchronization setting is set by the setter, and cancels the synchronization setting when one of the first and second documents is in a first state in which it is not being used and restarts the synchronization setting when the corresponding one of the first and second documents is changed from the first state to a second state in which it is being used.

A display of an augmented reality-enabled (AR) device, such as a mobile phone, can be used to transfer a graphical object between a secondary display, such as a computer monitor, that is captured by a camera of the AR device, and AR space, where the object is visible only through the AR interface of the AR device. A graphical object can be selected through the AR interface and, for example, moved around on a canvas of the secondary display by the user of the AR device. When the AR interface is used to move an enabled object near an edge of the canvas or physical boundary of the secondary display, the object as shown on the secondary display can be made to disappear from the secondary display to be replaced by a virtual object shown only on the AR interface in a similar location.