JP2002157250A - Information terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide information terminal equipment for displaying the status of an anchor which is to be displayed on a browser screen, with an icon. SOLUTION: A display picture 10 of the information terminal equipment is composed of a browser display area 5 displaying a browser and a system area 6 equipped with areas 1, 2, 3 and 4 capable of displaying the icon. When the anchor on the browser display area 5 is selected, the browser judges the status of the anchor from an anchor tag and reports the status to an API. While receiving this status, the API displays the icon corresponding to the status. Besides, when ending or interrupting the browser, turning-off is reported from the browser to the API and the icon is turned off.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information terminal device equipped with a browser, and more particularly, to an information terminal device displaying the status of an anchor on a browser display area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of portable terminal devices, their functions have developed rapidly. Today, not only computers,
The website can be browsed from the portable terminal device, and further, the unique function of the portable terminal device is the Web site.
Make a phone call by making a special statement on the page,
Melody can now be downloaded.

In order to prevent unnecessary access when acquiring information (for example, downloading a melody, etc.), when a personal computer is used, a pointer is placed on an anchor (link point) of a browser (an anchor is attached). When this is selected), the URL is displayed, so that the information of the transition destination can be determined in advance from the display.

[0004]

However, the portable terminal device focuses on the anchor (selects the anchor).
However, since the URL is not displayed, the information of the transition destination cannot be determined in advance. For this reason, unnecessary access may occur or a situation that cannot be predicted by the user may occur.

[0005] Further, even when using a personal computer, the UR
It is very inconvenient for the operator to judge from the display of L.

Accordingly, in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an information terminal device which displays icons by icons so that the status of an anchor can be easily known before acquiring information. is there.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention displays an anchor status on a browser screen by an icon in an information terminal device equipped with a browser.

A first aspect of the present invention is an information terminal device equipped with a browser and displaying a status of an anchor on a browser display area including a browser display area, a system area capable of displaying icons, and an API. When an anchor on the browser display area is selected, the status of the anchor is notified to the API by the browser, and is displayed by an icon corresponding to the status by the API.

A second aspect of the present invention is a method of displaying information on an information terminal device equipped with a browser and having a browser display area, a system area capable of displaying icons, and an API. , Transmitting the status to the API by the browser, and displaying the status with an icon corresponding to the status by the API.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium recording a program for displaying an anchor status by an icon, wherein the step of selecting the anchor in a browser display area; And the step of displaying with the API the icon corresponding to the status.

[0011]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a display area of the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment. As illustrated, the display area 10 includes a browser display area 5 and a system area 6. System area 6
Areas 1, 2, 3, 4 for installing four icons
It has. In the present invention, when the user wants to know the status of the anchor displayed in the browser display area 5 and focuses on the anchor (when the anchor is selected), the status is displayed as an icon (to areas 1, 2, 3, and 4).
Is displayed. Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart for turning on the icons, and FIG. 3 shows a flowchart for turning off the icons. Figure 2
As shown in FIG. 3, the lighting and extinguishing of the icons in areas 1, 2, 3, and 4 of FIG. 1 are controlled by an API that has received a lighting notification and a light-off notification from a browser. API
Determines the state of the bit, and turns each icon on and off. At this time, when the browser is closed or interrupted,
The browser sends a turn-off notification to the API, and the API turns off the icon. The status is not held when the power is turned ON / OFF.

Next, a specific operation for displaying the status of the anchor with an icon will be described. First, when the focus is set on the anchor in the browser display area (when the anchor is selected), the browser sets the anchor tag (<A><
/ A>) (for example, “TEL:”)
The status of the icon is determined from “MAILTO:”, “SCHEDULE:”, etc.) and the extension (eg, “MLD”, etc.). Next, the browser notifies the API of this status as a type confirmation together with the lighting notification.
For the notification, a status processing function of the API is used.
For example, a phone number bit is set for Phone To, and a mail address is set for Mail To. Next, the API determines the state of the bit and turns on the icon.

Next, as an example of the present invention, an example of using the area for displaying the icons of the above-described embodiment will be described.

First, an SSL icon is set in the area 1. The SSL icon is displayed after authentication when using the https protocol. Therefore, h
Not used except for ttps.

Next, an anchor type icon is set in the area 2. This anchor type icon displays the status of the anchor when the anchor is focused. Therefore, when the anchor is not focused on the browser, the light is turned off. In this embodiment, the functions to be displayed as icons include the Mail To function, P
hone To function, Melody To function, URL
To function, Image To function, and Sched
The ule To function will be described.

When the Mail To function is focused on an anchor recognized as a mail address, an icon for displaying a mail, for example, an icon such as an envelope, is turned on so that the mail address can be determined. I do.

When the Phone To function focuses on an anchor recognized as a telephone number, an icon indicating the telephone number, for example, an icon such as a mark of a receiver is turned on so that the telephone number can be determined. I do.

The Melody To function turns on an icon indicating a melody, for example, an icon such as a musical note mark, when an anchor recognized as a melody is focused, so that the melody can be identified.

When the URL To function focuses on an anchor in which a URL is described, a mark that allows the URL to be determined is lit. The icon is turned on so that it can be determined even when the scheme is http or https, or the icon is turned on so that it can be determined even when the scheme is specified by a relative address.

[0021] The Image To function is used to save the GIF
When the focus is on an anchor recognized as an image, an icon is turned on so that it can be determined.

The Schedule To function turns on an icon so that when an anchor recognized as a schedule is focused, it can be determined.

Areas 3 and 4 are provided as preliminary icon areas for future expansion.

In the above-described embodiment, a portable terminal device has been mainly described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any information terminal device (eg, personal computer, PHS, etc.) which can be equipped with a browser. If applicable. For example, if the present invention is applied to a personal computer, when the information of the transition destination is checked in advance, if the pointer is placed on the anchor displayed on the browser, the system area can be determined without the operator's own judgment from the display on the URL. The icon displayed in allows you to know the status of the anchor more easily and quickly.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be adapted to future expansion of functions and increase in anchor types.

[0026]

According to the present invention, when an anchor on the browser display area is selected, the status (attribute and extension) of the anchor selected by the browser is determined,
The status is notified to the API using a status processing function. Next, an icon corresponding to the notified API is displayed. By displaying the status of the anchor as an icon in this way,
There is an effect that the information of the transition destination can be quickly known. In particular, in the case of a mobile terminal device in which the status of the anchor could not be determined beforehand, the effect of easily knowing the status of the anchor is great simply by providing a system area that is small enough to display an icon.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing lighting of an icon.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing turning off of an icon.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2, 3, 4 Icon display area 5 Browser display area 6 System area 10 Display screen

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An information terminal device equipped with a browser, comprising a browser display area, a system area capable of displaying icons, and an API, and displaying a status of an anchor on the browser display area. An information terminal device, wherein when an anchor is selected, the status of the anchor is notified to the API by the browser, and is displayed by an icon corresponding to the status by the API. 2. The information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the system area has an area in which at least two types of the icons can be displayed simultaneously. 3. A display method in an information terminal device equipped with a browser and having a browser display area, a system area capable of displaying icons, and an API, comprising: selecting an anchor in the browser display area; A step of notifying the API to the API according to the above, and a step of displaying an icon corresponding to the status by the API. 4. The display method according to claim 3, wherein the step of displaying the icons includes displaying at least two types of icons simultaneously. 5. A browser which executes a step of selecting an anchor in a browser display area, a step of notifying an API of the status of the anchor by a browser, and a step of displaying an icon corresponding to the status by the API. A recording medium recording a program for displaying the status of the anchor on the display area. 6. A recording medium recording a program for displaying a status of an anchor on a browser display area according to claim 5, wherein the step of displaying with the icon displays at least two types of icons simultaneously. .