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Display apparatus for accessing desired web site

US7409441B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by
18References
5Claims
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Filing dateMay 17, 2002
Grant dateAug 5, 2008
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Expiry dateSep 20, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/54
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display apparatus including a communication line connected to a network, an information acquisition device for acquiring in real time at least information relating to a predetermined site on the network via the communication line, the communication line being held by a communication line holding device. The display apparatus includes a display control device for displaying in real time information relating to a plurality of sites acquired by the information acquisition device, and forming symbols corresponding to the plurality of sites, displaying the symbols three-dimensionally in a contrastable state from each other. The information acquired by the information acquisition device is displayed will a symbol, which corresponds to the site, and the information acquisition device acquires at least one of or a plurality of pieces of information indicating congestion status, update status, response, type, popularity, cost, and links of each site, and congestion status of the network.

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