Portable information terminal and computer software
First Claim
1. A portable information terminal comprising:
- current position detection means for carrying out the processing of detecting the current position of a user based on position information from an artificial satellite and position information from a base station;
URL acquisition means for carrying out the processing of acquiring position information URL indicative of the current position detected by the current position detection means from a host computer through a communication network;
mail editing means for carrying out the processing of editing a mail in response to the operation of the user; and
. mail position information inserting means for carrying out the processing of inserting position information URL into the mail text as position information under edition of the mail in response to the operation of the user, wherein a plurality of tasks can be processed simultaneously, the current position detection processing of the current position detection means and the URL acquisition processing of the URL acquisition means each consist of two or more tasks, and the mail editing means carries out the processing of editing a mail in response to the operation of the user during the processing of these tasks.
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Abstract
A portable information terminal performs current position detection by detecting the current position of a user based on position information received from an artificial satellite and position information received from a base station; A position information URL indicative of the current position detected by the current position detection is acquired from a host computer; A processing of writing and editing mail is carried out; and the position information URL is inserted into the mail text being edited as position information, A plurality of tasks can be processed simultaneously; for example, the processing of the current position detection and the processing of the URL acquisition each consist of two or more tasks, and mail is written and edited in response to the operation of a user during the processing of these tasks.
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10 Claims
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1. A portable information terminal comprising:
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current position detection means for carrying out the processing of detecting the current position of a user based on position information from an artificial satellite and position information from a base station;
URL acquisition means for carrying out the processing of acquiring position information URL indicative of the current position detected by the current position detection means from a host computer through a communication network;
mail editing means for carrying out the processing of editing a mail in response to the operation of the user; and
.mail position information inserting means for carrying out the processing of inserting position information URL into the mail text as position information under edition of the mail in response to the operation of the user, wherein a plurality of tasks can be processed simultaneously, the current position detection processing of the current position detection means and the URL acquisition processing of the URL acquisition means each consist of two or more tasks, and the mail editing means carries out the processing of editing a mail in response to the operation of the user during the processing of these tasks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A portable information terminal having the function of detecting the current position of a user, comprising:
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current position detection means for detecting the current position of the user;
URL acquisition means for acquiring position information URL indicative of the current position detected by the current position detection means from a host computer through a communication network; and
mail editing means for editing a mail in response to the operation of the user, wherein the mail editing process can be carried out in response to the operation of the user, while the position detection means detects the current position or the URL acquisition means acquires position information URL.
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