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Mobile terminal device and program selection method

  • US 7,986,945 B2
  • Filed: 11/14/2005
  • Issued: 07/26/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable terminal apparatus, comprising:

  • a plurality of operation buttons;

    a link information storage that stores information about linkage between the operation buttons and programs to be activated by selection of the operation buttons, respectively; and

    wherein, when a plurality of the operation buttons are selected simultaneously or within a prescribed time period, which is indicative of contemporaneous activation of a plurality of programs associated with the plurality of the operation buttons if those buttons are selected during that time period, the programs linked with the respective selected operation buttons are configured to be displayed contemporaneously in a plurality of divided sections of a display screen, respectively, andwherein, when an interval between a selection of a first operation button and a selection of a second operation button exceeds the prescribed time period, the display screen is configured to display the program linked with the later-selected second operation button over a display of the program linked with the first operation button.

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