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Information browsing apparatus and method, program and recording medium

US7818688B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 2006
Grant dateOct 19, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/338
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a display device, items of information relating to specified information, which is displayed as the largest item, via a selected relation criterion, are displayed aligned on a selection axis, and items of information relating via other relation criteria are displayed aligned on non-selection axes. An item of information selected as the specified information can be sequentially changed in response to an input from up and down direction keys. The relation criteria for items of information displayed on the selection axis and the non-selection axes can be sequentially changed in response to an input from left and right direction keys. An information selection by the user is confirmed with present specified information by an input from a circle button, and a jump is made to a process according to the present specified information.

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