Information browsing apparatus having communicating function
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1. A terminal apparatus connected to a network, comprising:
- a communicating unit for communicating with said network;
a display unit;
an input unit for receiving a user input; and
an arithmetic operating unit for controlling said communicating unit and said display unit and executing an arithmetic operation, wherein said display unit displays a display screen including a plurality of icons associated with an object which is processed by said arithmetic operating unit while scrolling said display screen and displays a cursor at a predetermined position, and when said cursor is focused on one of said plurality of icons, if a selection input to select said one of the icons is received in said input unit, said arithmetic operating unit accesses the object associated with said selected icon.
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Abstract
An information browsing apparatus with a communicating function of the invention is constructed by a communicating unit connected to a network, a display unit, an input unit for receiving a user input, and an arithmetic operating unit. A function or information of a personal digital assistant is linked to an icon which is scrolled in a display screen. The function of the personal digital assistant, information on the Internet, or data in a data folder can be accessed simply by selecting the icon.
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1. A terminal apparatus connected to a network, comprising:
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a communicating unit for communicating with said network;
a display unit;
an input unit for receiving a user input; and
an arithmetic operating unit for controlling said communicating unit and said display unit and executing an arithmetic operation, wherein said display unit displays a display screen including a plurality of icons associated with an object which is processed by said arithmetic operating unit while scrolling said display screen and displays a cursor at a predetermined position, and when said cursor is focused on one of said plurality of icons, if a selection input to select said one of the icons is received in said input unit, said arithmetic operating unit accesses the object associated with said selected icon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A service providing method of providing information services to terminal apparatuses connected to a network by using a server connected to said network, wherein
each of said terminal apparatuses comprises a communicating unit for communicating with said network, a display unit, an input unit for receiving a user input, and an arithmetic operating unit for controlling said communicating unit and said display unit and executing an arithmetic operation, and in said display unit, icons associated with the information services which are supplied from a server apparatus that can be accessed via said network are displayed while scrolling the icons, and information of the information service associated with the icon selected by using a cursor that is displayed in a predetermined position is displayed, in said server, designation information to designate the information service that is required by said terminal apparatus is received, said required service is registered in correspondence to said terminal apparatus, and an icon corresponding to said required service is displayed to the display unit of said terminal apparatus, and when new service information is generated in the information services which are provided by said server, the terminal apparatus which requests said information service is searched, an information generation notification for notifying said terminal apparatus of the generation of said new service information or at least a part of said newly generated service information is transmitted to said terminal apparatus, and in said terminal apparatus, when the icon corresponding to said information service is selected, the information which is provided by said information service is displayed to said display unit.
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18. An inter-terminal information exchanging method of exchanging information among a plurality of terminal apparatuses connected through a network, wherein
a first terminal apparatus comprises a communicating unit for communicating with said network, a display unit, an input unit for receiving a user input, and an arithmetic operating unit for controlling said communicating unit and said display unit and executing an arithmetic operation, and in said display unit, a plurality of icons including an icon associated with a second terminal apparatus are displayed while scrolling the icons, and one of icons is selected by using a cursor that is displayed in a predetermined position in accordance with the input from said input unit, and when the icon associated with the second terminal apparatus is selected in said first terminal apparatus, said first terminal apparatus accesses said second terminal apparatus, holds information regarding said second terminal apparatus, or accesses a server apparatus connected to said network or a storing apparatus of said first terminal apparatus.
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