Mobile information communication terminal program and recording medium containing the program
First Claim
1. A portable information communication terminal comprising:
- memory for recording individual menu items, each individual menu item related to one of a plurality of concatenated groups, each individual menu item provided with a serial number, each group containing at least two menu items;
group selecting device selecting one of the plurality of concatenated groups via scrolling;
information reading unit reading out individual menu items which correspond to a selected group and which are within a predetermined range from a specific menu item having a predetermined serial number in the selected group, wherein the predetermined range starting with at least a second menu item precedent to the specific menu item, the second menu item associated with at least one group adjacent to the selected group; and
display unit simultaneously displayinga first display area provided in a top area of the display unit, the first display area only displaying group names in a row direction, anda second display area provided separate and independent of the first display area, in a bottom area of the display unit, the second display area only displaying the menu items in the predetermined range in a column direction, the menu items in the predetermined range including the menu items in the selected group and the menu items associated with the adjacent group with a space provided therebetween,wherein menu items corresponding to different groups are displayed at a same time in the second display area.
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Abstract
In menu structure, information is separately displayed on a menu item-by-menu item basis. Therefore, the adoption of menu structure involves inconvenience. (For example, pieces of information under different menu items cannot be viewed at the same time.) A portable information communication terminal eliminates this inconvenience. Information is configured in list structure wherein items (A1, . . . , A5, B1, . . . , B4, B5, B6, C1, . . . , C5, D1, . . . (A to D represent groups.)) are arranged in succession. List information (B5 to C5) which is within a predetermined range (the second precedent line through the fourth subsequent line) from a specific item C1 of a predetermined serial number (top number) in a selected group (group C) is displayed. Since the top item in group C is the specific item, items corresponding to group B are also displayed. Thus, items corresponding to different groups (group B and group C) can be displayed at the same time.
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9 Claims
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1. A portable information communication terminal comprising:
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memory for recording individual menu items, each individual menu item related to one of a plurality of concatenated groups, each individual menu item provided with a serial number, each group containing at least two menu items; group selecting device selecting one of the plurality of concatenated groups via scrolling; information reading unit reading out individual menu items which correspond to a selected group and which are within a predetermined range from a specific menu item having a predetermined serial number in the selected group, wherein the predetermined range starting with at least a second menu item precedent to the specific menu item, the second menu item associated with at least one group adjacent to the selected group; and display unit simultaneously displaying a first display area provided in a top area of the display unit, the first display area only displaying group names in a row direction, and a second display area provided separate and independent of the first display area, in a bottom area of the display unit, the second display area only displaying the menu items in the predetermined range in a column direction, the menu items in the predetermined range including the menu items in the selected group and the menu items associated with the adjacent group with a space provided therebetween, wherein menu items corresponding to different groups are displayed at a same time in the second display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium to control a processor for a portable information communication terminal, the program for performing the steps of:
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recording individual menu items, each individual menu item related to one of a plurality of concatenated groups, each individual menu item provided with a serial number, each group containing at least one item two menu items; selecting one of the plurality of concatenated groups via scrolling; reading out individual menu items which correspond to a selected group and which are within a predetermined range from a specific menu item having a predetermined serial number in the selected group, wherein the predetermined range starting with at least a second menu item precedent to the specific menu item, the second menu item associated with at least one group adjacent to the selected group; and simultaneously displaying a first display area provided in a top area of a display unit, the first display area only displaying group names in a row, and a second display area provided separate and independent of the first display area, in a bottom area of the display unit, the second display area only displaying the menu items in the predetermined range in a column direction, the menu items in the pre-determined range including the menu items in the selected group and the menu items associated with the adjacent group with a space provided therebetween, wherein menu items corresponding to different groups are displayed at a same time in the second display area.
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium with programs recorded thereon, which programs are for causing a computer of a portable information communication terminal to carry out the steps of:
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recording individual menu items, each individual menu item related to one of a plurality of concatenated groups, each individual menu item provided with a serial number, each group containing at least one item two menu items; selecting one of the plurality of concatenated groups via scrolling; reading out individual menu items which correspond to a selected group and which are within a predetermined range from a specific menu item having a predetermined serial number in the selected group, wherein the predetermined range starting with at least a second menu item precedent to the specific menu item, the second menu item associated with at least one group adjacent to the selected group; and simultaneously displaying a first display area provided in a top area of a display unit, the first display area only displaying group names in a row, and a second display area provided separate and independent of the first display area, in a bottom area of the display unit, the second display area only displaying the menu items in the predetermined range in a column direction, the menu items in the predetermined range including the menu items in the selected group and the menu items associated with the adjacent group with a space provided therebetween, wherein menu items corresponding to different groups are displayed at a same time in the second display area.
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