Mobile terminal with dual displays for displaying differing amounts of information

• US 10,002,111 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2013
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kitamura, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Anderson, Broderick C
• Application Number:
  US14/391,844
• Publication Number:
  US 20150074514A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,901 Days
• Field of Search: 715234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens

Abstract

A cellular phone apparatus includes a screen A and a screen B. In a state where an overview of data for a screen with a large amount of information is guide displayed on the screen B (screen for user selection), every time an arbitrary content is selected, the cellular phone apparatus changes the data for the screen with the large amount of information to data for a screen with a small amount of information while arranging and displaying the selected content obtained via a Web server on the screen A. Accordingly, when data for the screen with the large amount of information is changed to data for the screen with the small amount of information in response to an instruction on a user side, a change that reflects the intentions of the user can be easily achieved.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal apparatus configured to edit, on the mobile terminal apparatus, a personal web page by changing the configuration of the personal web page from a personal-computer page configuration into a mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, the personal web page including a plurality of contents, and having been created in advance by a user on a personal computer and having been uploaded to a management device, each of the plurality of contents being constituted by a plurality of hypertexts, the personal-computer page configuration being configured to enable viewing, on the personal computer, the personal web page, the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration being configured to enable viewing, on the mobile terminal apparatus, the personal web page in an abbreviated format suitable for a screen of the mobile terminal apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a communicating section configured to connect, via a communication network, to the management device that stores and manages the plurality of contents, the personal-computer page configuration, and the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration;

a first display section;

a second display section; and

a central processing device configured to;

transmit a request to change the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, to the management device, in response to a page configuration change operation of a user, thereby causing the management device to generate the overview page configuration of the personal-computer page configuration by replacing, with arbitrary symbols, characters included in each of the plurality of hypertexts in the personal web page, without an arrangement of the plurality of contents in the personal-computer page configuration being changed,

obtain, from the management device via the communicating section, the overview page configuration of the personal-computer page configuration, in accordance with the request,

display the overview page configuration on the second display section,

select arbitrary content from within the overview page configuration displayed on the second display section based on a first selection operation of the user,

select an arbitrary bar from among one or more indication bars displayed on the first display section that indicate candidate positions for arranging the selected arbitrary content, based on a second selection operation of the user,

arrange and display, on the first display section, the selected arbitrary content at a selected candidate position indicated by the selected arbitrary bar,

generate the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, based on the selected arbitrary content and the selected candidate position at which the selected arbitrary content has been arranged and displayed on the first display section, and

transmit, via the communication network to the management device, the generated mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration as a page configuration change screen, and instruct the management device to register and store the generated mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration.

2. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first web browser corresponding to the first display section and a second web browser corresponding to the second display section,

wherein the central processor device performs data transmission and reception with the management device by pressing a request from either one of the web browsers to another web browser via the communication network and the management device.

3. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in the overview page configuration of the second display section, when another arbitrary content is selected by another section operation of the user, the other selected arbitrary content is identified and displayed, and an already-selected content also identified and displayed.

4. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the central processing device, when arranging and displaying the selected arbitrary content on the first display section, displays positions where the selected arbitrary content can be arranged as selection candidates, and, when an arbitrary candidate is selected therefrom by an arbitrary candidate user operation of the user, arranges and displays the selected arbitrary content at the position of the selected candidate.

5. A mobile communication system comprising:

a mobile terminal apparatus configured to edit, on the mobile terminal apparatus, a personal web page by changing the configuration of the personal web page from a personal-computer page configuration into a mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, the personal web page including a plurality of contents, and having been created in advance by a user on a personal computer and having been uploaded to a management device, each of the plurality of contents being constituted by a plurality of hypertexts, the personal-computer page configuration being configured to enable viewing, on the personal computer, the personal web page, the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration being configured to enable viewing, on the mobile terminal apparatus, the personal web page in an abbreviated format suitable for a screen of the mobile terminal apparatus; and

a management device to which the personal web page has been uploaded and which stores and manages the plurality of contents, the personal-computer page configuration, and the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration,

wherein the mobile terminal apparatus comprises;

a first display section,

a second display section,

a communicating section which connects via the communication network, to the management device, and

a central processing device configured to;

transmit a request to change the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, to the management device, in response to a page configuration change operation of a user, thereby causing the management device to generate the overview page configuration of the personal-computer page configuration by replacing, with arbitrary symbols, characters included in each of the plurality of hypertexts in the personal web page, without an arrangement of the plurality of contents in the personal-computer page configuration being changed,

obtain, from the management device via the communicating section, the overview page configuration of the personal-computer page configuration, in accordance with the request,

display the overview page configuration on the second display section,

select arbitrary content from within the overview page configuration displayed on the second display section based on a first selection operation of the user,

select an arbitrary bar from among one or more indication bars displayed on the first display section that indicate candidate positions for arranging the selected arbitrary content, based on a second selection operation of the user,

arrange and display, on the first display section, the selected arbitrary content at a selected candidate position indicated by the selected arbitrary bar, generate the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, based on the selected arbitrary content and the selected candidate position at which the selected arbitrary content has been arranged and displayed on the first display section, and

transmit, via the communication network to the management device, the generated mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration for the mobile terminal apparatus as a page configuration change screen, and instruct the management device to register and store the generated mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, and

wherein the management device comprises a processor which is configured to;

generate the overview page configuration of the personal-computer page configuration, in accordance with the request from the mobile terminal apparatus, and

register and store the changed mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration transmitted from the mobile terminal apparatus.

6. A mobile communication method for a mobile terminal apparatus configured to edit, on the mobile terminal apparatus, a personal web page by changing the configuration of the personal web page from a personal-computer page configuration into a mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, the personal web page including a plurality of contents, and having been created in advance by a user on a personal computer and having been uploaded to a management device, each of the plurality of contents being constituted by a plurality of hypertexts, the personal-computer page configuration being configured to enable viewing, on the personal computer, the personal web page, the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration being configured to enable viewing, on the mobile terminal apparatus, the personal web page in an abbreviated format suitable for a screen of the mobile terminal apparatus, the method comprising:

transmitting a request to change the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, to the management device which stores and manages the plurality of contents, the personal-computer page configuration, and the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, in response to a page configuration change operation of a user, thereby causing the management device to generate the overview page configuration of the personal-computer page configuration by replacing, with arbitrary symbols, characters included in each of the plurality of hypertexts in the personal web page, without an arrangement of the plurality of contents in the personal-computer page configuration being changed;

obtaining, from the management device, the overview page configuration of the personal-computer page configuration, in accordance with the request;

displaying the overview page configuration on a second display section of the mobile terminal apparatus;

selecting arbitrary content from within the overview page configuration displayed on the second display section based on a first selection operation of the user;

selecting an arbitrary bar from among one or more indication bars displayed on a first display section that indicate candidate positions for arranging the selected arbitrary content, based on a second selection operation of the user;

arranging and displaying, on the first display section, the selected arbitrary content at a selected candidate position indicated by the selected arbitrary bar;

generating the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, based on the selected arbitrary content and the selected candidate position at which the selected arbitrary content has been arranged and displayed on the first display section; and

transmitting, to the management device, the generated mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration as a page configuration change screen, and instructing the management device to register and store the generated mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program stored thereon that is executable by a computer, of a mobile terminal apparatus configured to edit, on the mobile terminal apparatus, a personal web page by changing the configuration of the personal web page from a personal-computer page configuration into a mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, the personal web page including a plurality of contents, and having been created in advance by a user on a personal computer and having been uploaded to a management device, each of the plurality of contents being constituted by a plurality of hypertexts, the personal-computer page configuration being configured to enable viewing, on the personal computer, the personal web page, the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration being configured to enable viewing, on the mobile terminal apparatus, the personal web page in an abbreviated format suitable for a screen of the mobile terminal apparatus, to perform functions comprising:

transmitting a request to change the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, to the management device which stores and manages the plurality of contents, the personal-computer page configuration, and the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, in response to a page configuration change operation of a user, thereby causing the management device to generate the overview page configuration of the personal-computer page configuration by replacing, with arbitrary symbols, characters included in each of the plurality of hypertexts in the personal web page, without an arrangement of the plurality of contents in the personal-computer page configuration being changed;

obtaining, from the management device, the overview page configuration of the personal-computer page configuration, in accordance with the request;

displaying the overview page configuration on a second display section of the mobile terminal apparatus;

selecting arbitrary content from within the overview page configuration displayed on the second display section based on a first selection operation of the user;

selecting an arbitrary bar from among one or more indication bars displayed on a first display section that indicate candidate positions for arranging the selected arbitrary content, based on a second selection operation of the user;

arranging and displaying, on the first display section, the selected arbitrary content at a selected candidate position indicated by the selected arbitrary bar

generating the mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration, based on the selected arbitrary content and the selected candidate position at which the selected arbitrary content has been arranged and displayed on the first display section; and

transmitting, to the management device, the generated mobile-terminal apparatus page configuration as a page configuration change screen, and instructing the management device to register and store the generated mobile-terminal-apparatus page configuration.