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Portable communication terminal, browsing method, and browsing program

  • US 9,015,637 B2
  • Filed: 01/08/2008
  • Issued: 04/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable communication terminal comprising:

  • a display unit displaying information targeted for browsing on a screen thereof,an instruction unit instructing a region of the information to be displayed on the display unit according to an operation performed by a user; and

    a control unit causing the region of the information corresponding to the operation performed on the instruction unit to be displayed on the display unit,whereinthe control unit causes, in a first state, superimposed display of the information and a pointer that moves according to the operation performed on the instruction unit on the display unit and changes the region of the information to be displayed on the display unit towards a direction in which said pointer is moved from a center of the region when the pointer moves outside the region, andchanges, in a second state, the region of the information to be displayed on the display unit toward the instructed direction by the operation performed on the instruction unit; and

    the control unit includes a state transition unit causing transition from the first state to the second state and causing transition from the second state to the first state,and wherein said control unit changes display of a link in the vicinity of the pointer in the first state, andsaid control unit changes display of the link in the vicinity of an omni-direction pointer which is superimposed on a center of the region of the displayed information in the second state, andwherein the transition from the first state to the second state comprises changing display of the pointer to display of the omni-direction pointer, and the transition from the second state to the first state comprises changing display of the omni-direction pointer to display of the pointer.

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