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Portable television with recognizably different low/high hierarchy displays

  • US 5,856,827 A
  • Filed: 02/24/1997
  • Issued: 01/05/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A portable communication terminal comprising:

  • a display for displaying a desired item selected out of a plurality of selection items which are hierarchically arranged;

    a pointer for indicating said desired item out of said plurality of selection items displayed on said display, said pointer includes a rotatable disc-like member which partly sticks out from a main body of the portable communication terminal;

    an instruction switch for causing an item of low hierarchy corresponding to an item indicated by said pointer to be displayed on said display; and

    a data processor for changing a display layout at a time of switching by said pointer and switch to change from a display listing selection items of high hierarchy in a first format to a display listing selection items of low hierarchy in a second format, said first and second formats being recognizably different.

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