System and method for cooperative sharing of resources of an environment

摘要

A computer program product for providing a graphical user interface for displaying of and enabling cooperative use of resources on a display of a computing device includes computer readable code means, the computer readable code means when executed by a processor device, being configured to provide an environment, the environment being configured to represent the resources on the display of the computing device, provide a first viewport to at least a portion of the environment on the display of the computing device, enable a resource to be added to the environment and be viewed within the first viewport and enable the resource to be acted upon within the first viewport.

主权项

1. A computer program product for providing a graphical user interface for displaying of and enabling cooperative use of resources on a computing device, the computer program product comprising non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer executable code, the computer executable code, when executed by a processor, being configured to:
provide a desktop environment and a first viewport configured to show at least a portion of the desktop environment for view by a first user on the display of the computing device, and enable resources to be added to the desktop environment through the first viewport and to be viewed and acted upon within the first viewport in a first layout; and provide a second viewport configured to show at least a portion of the desktop environment for view by a second user, enable one or more of the resources of the desktop environment to be viewed and to be acted upon within the second viewport, enable the layout of the one or more resources to be represented differently in the second viewport to the second user, and enable a resource to be added to the desktop environment through the second viewport and to be viewed and acted upon within both the first viewport and the second viewport.