INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING MEDIUM
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a first executing means for executing a predetermined processing in response to a rotational operation; and
a second executing means for executing another predetermined processing in response to a pushing operation.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and information providing medium, more particularly, the present invention provides an information processing apparatus having a first executing means for executing a predetermined processing in response to a rotational operation; and a second executing means for executing another predetermined processing in response to a pushing operation. Accordingly, repeated, complicated operations required in a related art operating systems to select a desired application program on a taskbar having a start menu button to activating the selected application program is eliminated.
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14 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a first executing means for executing a predetermined processing in response to a rotational operation; and
a second executing means for executing another predetermined processing in response to a pushing operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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an operating means having a first operating block corresponding to a rotational operation and a second operating block corresponding to a pushing operation; and
a control means for monitoring an operating state of said operating means and executing a predetermined processing in response to each of said rotational operation and said pushing operation. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. An information processing method comprising:
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a first executing step for executing a predetermined processing in response to a rotational operation; and
a second executing step for executing another predetermined processing in response to a pushing operation. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An information processing method comprising:
a control step for monitoring an operation state of an operating means having a first operating block corresponding to a rotational operation and a second operating block corresponding to a pushing operation and executing a predetermined processing corresponding to each of said rotational operation and said pushing operation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. An information providing medium for making an information processing apparatus execute a computer program including a first executing step for executing a predetermined processing in response to a rotational operation and a second executing step for executing another predetermined processing in response to a pushing operation.
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14. An information providing medium for making an information processing apparatus execute a computer program including a control step for monitoring an operation state of an operating means having a first operating block corresponding to a rotational operation and a second operating block corresponding to a pushing operation and executing a predetermined processing corresponding to each of said rotational operation and said pushing operation.
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