Information terminal and recording medium for recording program of a computer to operate as the information terminal

• US 7,433,705 B2
• Filed: 01/10/2006
• Issued: 10/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Miura, Nariaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; Danh C
• Application Number:
  US11/328,802
• Publication Number:
  US 20060171657A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,001 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 455/418, 455/566, 370/328, 707/10
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

Disclosed is an information terminal having a plurality of functions. The terminal includes: a function name storage section for storing at least one function name with respect to each of the plurality of functions; a user data storage section for storing user data; an operating section for receiving a retrieving word; a retrieval section for retrieving a function name and user data corresponding to a retrieving word from the function name storage section and the user data storage section; and a display control unit for displaying the function name and the user data outputted from the retrieval section collectively on a display screen.

Claims

1. An information terminal having a plurality of functions, comprising:

a function name storage section which stores at least one function name with respect to each of the plurality of functions;

a user data storage section which stores user data;

an operating section which receives an input of a retrieving word;

a retrieval section which retrieves a function name and user data corresponding to a retrieving word supplied from the operating section from the function name storage section and the user data storage section; and

a display control unit including a collective display control section which displays the function name and the user data outputted from the retrieval section collectively on a display screen.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the collective display section includes:

a function name display control section which displays the function name out of the function name and the user data retrieved by the retrieval section on the display screen;

a user data display control section which displays the user data out of the function name and the user data retrieved by the retrieval section on the display screen; and

a display switching section which selectively switches the state of display on the display screen among the display through the collective display control section, the display through the function name display control section and the display through the user data display control section in accordance with the input from the operating section.

3. The terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a retrieval range setting section for setting a retrieval range of the function name or the user data to be retrieved by the retrieval section to the retrieval section in accordance with the input from the operating section.

4. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the function name storage section stores a plurality of function names with respect to each of the plurality of functions.

5. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the collective display control section displays the function name and the user data on the display screen by use of icons different from each other.

6. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the collective display control section displays the function name and the user data using colors different from each other.

7. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the user data includes data with respect to a telephone directory.

8. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the user data includes data with respect to at least any one of Internet address and mail address.

9. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the user data includes data with respect to at least any one of music file name, image file name, video file name and application file name.

10. A recording medium for recording a program of a computer to operate as an information terminal having a plurality of functions, the program comprising the steps of:

storing at least one function name with respect to each of the plurality of functions in a function name storage section and storing user data in a user data storage section;

obtaining a retrieving word from an operating section;

retrieving function names and user data corresponding to a retrieving word supplied from the operating section from the function name storage section and the user data storage section; and

displaying the function name and the user data obtained in the retrieving step collectively on the display screen.

11. The recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the displaying step includes:

a function name displaying step for displaying the function name out of the retrieved function name and the user data on the display screen;

a user data displaying step for displaying the user data out of the retrieved function name and the user data on the display screen; and

a display switching step for selectively switching the state of display on the display screen among the collective display of the function name and the display of the user data in accordance with an input from the operating section.

12. The recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the program further includes a retrieval range setting step for setting a retrieval range of the function name or the user data retrieved in the retrieving step to the retrieving step in accordance with the input from the operating section.