Portable electronic device and list display method

• US 20060259504A1
• Filed: 09/30/2005
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kusu, Masayuki
• Application Number:
  US11/241,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20060259504A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a database configured to store therein a plurality of lists each including at least one list element, a display configured to display the list elements, and controller configured to read list elements to be displayed from the database and to display the list elements on the display. The controller reads the list elements into a work memory for display from the database based on a identification data as to whether to read all the list elements into a work memory for display.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device comprising:

a database configured to store therein a plurality of lists each including at least one list element;

a display configured to display the list elements; and

a controller configured to read the list elements to be displayed from the database and to display the list elements on the display,

wherein the controller reads the list elements into a work memory for display from the database based on a identification data as to whether to read all the list elements into a work memory for display.

2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller to read the all the list elements into the work memory, if the number of list element is smaller than a threshold decided in advance, free capacity for the work memory is sufficient, and access to the database is faster than a threshold decided in advance.

3. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller to read the list elements being capable of displaying, if the number of list element is bigger than the threshold decided in advance, or free capacity for the work memory is not sufficient, or access to the database is slower than the threshold decided in advance.

4. The portable electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the controller to read the list elements being capable of displaying, if the number of list element is bigger than the threshold decided in advance, or free capacity for the work memory is not sufficient, or access to the database is slower than the threshold decided in advance.