Title:
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING HYPERTEXT DOCUMENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3657162
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make selection of a hypertext link easier by displaying an auxiliary input area in response to the display of a main input area for the hypertext link.
SOLUTION: One of the events processed by a browser is a screen touch event and is detected in a touch screen input process routine. In this case, three hypertext links 210, 220, and 230 are displayed in, for example, a screen display window 200 together with the hypertext document 202. The links 210, 220, and 230 have main input areas 212, 222, and 232, respectively, and a choice is made by touch input. Further, navigation buttons 280 are displayed in array as an auxiliary input area along the lower end of the display window 200 and respective navigation buttons 281 to 283 are provided corresponding to the hypertext links 210, 220, and 230. Consequently, the user is able to start the desired hypertext links 210, 220, and 230 by pressing the buttons 280.
Inventors:
Cary Lee Bates
Paul Ruben Day
Paul Ruben Day
Application Number:
JP2000002440A
Publication Date:
June 08, 2005
Filing Date:
January 11, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MASCHINES CORPORATION
International Classes:
G06F3/048; G06F3/033; G06F3/0488; G06F12/00; G06F13/00; G06F17/30; (IPC1-7): G06F3/00; G06F12/00; G06F13/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP9244856A | ||||
| JP5028193A | ||||
| JP9244856A | ||||
| JP5028193A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroshi Sakaguchi
Yoshihiro City
Yoshihiro City