JP2008276584A - Method for displaying icon in portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an icon display method which displays an icon as small as possible when the icon for advertisement is to be displayed on a display of a portable terminal, and which can easily notify a user of contents of the icon. <P>SOLUTION: For displaying, on the display 24 of the portable terminal 2, a home page and various information displayed after being connected to the Internet, they are displayed while streaming contents of the icon 241 displayed on the display. Hereat, the plurality of icons 241 are displayed on the display 24, and contents of the plurality of icons 241 are sequentially displayed on a single content display area 242, and the display mode of the icons 241 is changed correspondingly to the contents displayed in the single content display area 242. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an icon display method for displaying an icon on a display of a mobile terminal, and more specifically, a home page and various information existing on a network are displayed when the icon is pressed. The present invention relates to an icon display method.

  Generally, when browsing a home page or various information (for example, train timetable, weather, traffic information, stock price information) with a mobile phone equipped with a browser function, the user presses a predetermined function key and waits for a display. Display the menu screen on the receiving screen. Then, a list of selection items classified into search sites and categories displayed on the menu screen is displayed, and home pages and various information existing on the network are displayed.

  However, displaying the home page and various information by operating the button many times in this way takes a lot of time for the operation and switching the screen by connecting to the Internet. Unless you are conscious, do not try to display the homepage or various information. In view of this, various methods have been proposed in the following Patent Document 1 that allow easy access to a homepage or the like.

The system described in Patent Document 1 displays a corporate advertisement icon on a standby screen of a mobile phone, and detects the ON / OFF switching of the power of the mobile phone. The advertisement icon displayed on the standby screen is changed to another advertisement icon. In this way, by displaying many advertising icons on the standby screen, you can easily access the homepage, and advertisers can also easily access their homepage to promote advertising effects There is an advantage that can be raised.
JP-A-2005-300806

  However, when icons are displayed on the display of a mobile phone as described above, a large number of very large icons cannot be displayed because the display of the mobile phone is small and has a low resolution. In addition, if the user displays a favorite photo image on the standby screen, if the icon is not displayed under conditions that do not interfere with the image, the image of the company may be reduced. . On the other hand, if the icon is too small, it may not be possible to recognize what the icon is, and the icon may not be accessed.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made paying attention to the above problems, and when displaying an advertisement icon on the display of the mobile terminal, the icon is displayed as small as possible and the contents of the icon can be easily displayed to the user. An object of the present invention is to provide a method of displaying an icon that can be notified.

  That is, in order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is to notify the contents of icons displayed on a display when displaying a home page or various information displayed by connecting to the Internet on a display of a mobile terminal. The text is displayed while flowing.

  In this way, even if the icon is made small, the content can be displayed while flowing in the content display area, so the user can be notified of the icon contents without occupying the display content display area. Will be able to. In addition, by notifying the user of the contents, it is possible to increase the chances that the icon is pressed and to increase the effect of the advertisement in the company.

  As one aspect of the invention, a plurality of icons are displayed on the display, and the contents of the plurality of icons are continuously displayed in a single content display area.

  In this way, even if a plurality of icons are provided, the contents of the icons are displayed while flowing in a single content display area, so that many icons can be displayed without occupying the content display area of the screen. Explain the contents.

  Further, when a plurality of icons are displayed on the display in this way, the display form of the icons corresponding to the contents displayed in the single content display area is changed.

  In this way, the user can be notified of which icon corresponds to the currently displayed content, and the correspondence between the description and the icon in the content display area can be clarified. Become.

  Furthermore, as another aspect, by accepting selection of any one of a plurality of icons displayed on the display, the contents of the icon are displayed while flowing in the content display area.

  In this way, since the contents are displayed only when the selection of the icon is accepted, the contents can be displayed only when necessary without always occupying the contents display area of the screen.

  As another aspect, the contents of the icon are displayed on a screen corresponding to a button for selecting a plurality of icons displayed on the display.

  In this way, for example, if a key corresponding to each icon is assigned on the screen, it can be displayed while flowing on the screen corresponding to that key, so the content display area and text of the corresponding key The content display area can also be used so that the screen can be used efficiently.

  According to the present invention, since the contents of the icon displayed on the display of the portable terminal are displayed while flowing, it is possible to inform the user of the contents of the icon without occupying the content display area of the display. Become. In addition, by simply notifying the user of the contents, the opportunity for the icon to be pressed can be increased, and by displaying the home page, the effect of the advertisement in the company can be enhanced.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an overall view of an icon display system 1 in this embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of a mobile terminal 2 such as a mobile phone used in the icon display system 1. Is.

  The icon display system 1 in this embodiment includes a server computer 3 and a mobile terminal 2 that displays an icon 241 transmitted from the server computer 3 on a display 24. When the icon 241 is pressed, The company home page and various information (for example, stock price information, currency exchange information, weather information, etc.) are displayed on the display 24. Characteristically, an icon 241 is displayed on the display 24 of the portable terminal 2, and the homepage to be displayed and the contents of various information are displayed while the icon 241 is pressed. Is. In this embodiment, the “portable terminal” means a small portable terminal 2 that can be carried, for example, a mobile phone, PHS, PDA, or a very small personal computer. . Hereinafter, the contents of the icon display system 1 in the present embodiment will be described in detail.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the portable terminal 2 includes a CPU 20, a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and the like, and also includes hardware such as an input unit 23 and a display 24 as a user interface. In addition, using these hardware and programs stored in the storage unit 22, a browser function for connecting to the Internet and displaying a home page, a function for sending and receiving mail, and the like are provided. Of these, the communication unit 21 has a function of communicating with a third party via an antenna unit (not shown) and a function of connecting to the Internet and transmitting / receiving data to / from the server computer 3. The input unit 23 includes a numeric keypad, various function keys 230 (see FIG. 4), a ring-shaped arrow key, a determination key provided at the center of the ring, and the like, and receives operations from the user. The display 24 can display a home page, various information, an e-mail, and the like, and is configured by a relatively small liquid crystal display. The storage unit 22 is configured by an EP-ROM or an EEP-ROM provided in the apparatus.

  And in such a portable terminal 2, in this Embodiment, in order to be able to display the icon 241 efficiently on the relatively small display 24, the following functions are provided. Note that each function described below is realized by causing the CPU 20 and each hardware to cooperate with a program stored in the storage unit 22.

  First, the display information storage unit 25 stores the icon 241 transmitted from the server computer 3 and icon related information such as information simply indicating the contents of the icon 241 in the storage unit 22. Correspondingly, the server computer 3 stores the contents of the image of the icon 241 provided by the advertiser and the home page displayed on the portable terminal 2 when the icon 241 is pressed. For example, for an advertisement provided by an automobile manufacturer, an image of an automobile or the like is stored as an icon 241, and the contents of the icon 241 include the name of the manufacturer and new information (new car information) posted on a homepage. Etc.) are stored. Further, as such advertisement information other than the automobile, for example, when weather information is displayed, the weather icon 241 image is stored, and the latest weather information and the like are stored as text for the icon 241. The icon 241 image and text are stored by an administrator of the server computer 3 or the like, or the icon related information is received directly from the advertiser and stored in the storage unit 22 as it is. By the way, when accepting the icon 241, the display 24 of the portable terminal 2 is very small, and therefore the content display area 242 for the icon 241 cannot be secured large. For this reason, it is preferable to make the icon 241 as small as possible. On the other hand, if the icon 241 is too small, the contents of the home page cannot be easily estimated from the image of the icon 241. For this reason, instead of making the icon 241 smaller, a relatively long text is displayed while continuously flowing. The icon-related information such as the icon 241 and its contents is transmitted from the server computer 3 at regular intervals.

  The icon display means 26 causes the display 24 to display the icon 241 stored in the storage unit 22 in this way. When the icon 241 is displayed, for example, the icon 241 may be displayed on the standby screen of the mobile terminal 2 or may be displayed on the e-mail reception screen. In the case of displaying the icon 241, as shown in FIG. 3, a content display area 242 of the icon 241 is allocated in advance, and one or more small icons 241 are displayed in the content display area 242 of the icon 241. When a plurality of icons 241 are displayed, the displayed icon 241 is switched to another icon 241 and displayed at regular intervals. When switching to another icon 241, the icon 241 may be extracted and displayed at random from the storage unit 22, or the icon 241 may be categorized in advance and selected from among the categorized types. One or more icons 241 are extracted and displayed. Here, “category” means an industry such as automobile, food, fashion, travel, etc. For example, when a function for inputting user preferences is provided, a category corresponding to the input preferences is selected. The icon 241 is extracted from the inside and displayed. When the user of the mobile terminal 2 transmits an e-mail to a third party, the e-mail can be transmitted with the icon 241 attached. In this case, for example, when the content of the mail body is analyzed and a word that matches the text of the icon 241 is included, a method of attaching the related icon 241 to the e-mail can be used.

  The content display means 27 extracts the content of the icon 241 displayed on the display 24 and causes the content display area 242 for displaying the content to be displayed while sequentially flowing the content of the icon 241. As a method for displaying the contents in the content display area 242, the following method can be used.

  First, the first method secures one large content display area 242 as shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the elongate area in the lowermost column of the display 24 is set as a content display area 242, and the contents of the icons 241 are displayed while sequentially flowing in the content display area 242. Here, when a plurality of icons 241 are displayed on the display 24, the display form of the icons 241 corresponding to the content currently being flowed in the content display area 242 is changed and displayed. As a method of changing the display form of the icon 241, for example, in addition to a method of displaying the icon 241 in a larger size, a method of displaying a border line surrounding the icon 241, or the icon For example, a method of blinking 241 can be used.

  When the content display area 242 is secured, the screen area assigned to the key for selecting the icon 241 is set as a content display area 242 for explaining the contents of the icon 241. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the icon 241 is displayed in the left third area of the lower column of the display 24, the left function key 230 is assigned to the icon 241, and the left function key 230 is displayed. Corresponding to the above, a content display area 242 is secured in the lower left third area of the display 24. Similarly, when the icon 241 is displayed in the center 1/3 area or the right 1/3 area of the display 24, the center function key 230 or the right function key 230 is assigned to the icon 241 respectively. The contents display area 242 for explaining the contents of the icon 241 is assigned to each area.

  Second, when a single content display area 242 is provided for a plurality of icons 241, the contents corresponding to the icon 241 selected by the user are not sequentially displayed. May be displayed. In this case, the content of the icon 241 is displayed in the content display area 242 before the user selects the icon 241 and presses the enter button (for example, the central function key 230).

  The selection accepting unit 28 accepts selection and pressing of the icon 241 displayed on the display 24 in this way. When accepting this selection or pressing, the selection of a desired icon 241 is accepted by a ring-shaped arrow key provided in the input unit 23, and the decision of the icon 241 is accepted by a decision key provided in the center of the ring. . Also, as shown in FIG. 4, when a function key 230 is assigned to each icon 241, selection and pressing by the function key 230 are accepted simultaneously.

  The information display unit 29 reads the URL associated with the icon 241 pressed in this way, and displays the home page and various information on the display 24 by connecting to the Internet.

  Next, the operation of the mobile terminal 2 in the icon display system 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, as a premise, it is assumed that the portable terminal 2 stores no icon 241 or information about its contents, and the icon 241 or the like is not displayed on the display 24.

  When the portable terminal 2 is turned on in this state, it communicates with the server computer 3 to collect the icon 241 stored in the server computer 3 and the icon-related information such as the contents of the icon 241 and the URL. Store in the storage unit 22 (step S1). Thereby, the storage unit 22 of the portable terminal 2 stores image information of the icon 241, text indicating the contents of the icon 241, URL information corresponding to the icon 241, and the like.

  When information relating to the icon 241 and the like is stored in the storage unit 22 in this way, one or a plurality of icons 241 are randomly extracted from the storage unit 22 (step S2), and the read icon 241 is displayed on the display. 24 are displayed in the icon display area 240 (step S3). Then, along with the display of this icon 241, the contents of the icon 241 are extracted from the storage unit 22 and displayed while sequentially flowing the contents in the content display area 242 of the display 24 (step S 4). At this time, when a content display area 242 is provided at a location corresponding to each icon 241, the contents of the corresponding icon 241 are displayed while flowing in each content display area 242. Then, the icon 241 and its contents are displayed, and after a certain period of time, one or more icons 241 and their contents are newly extracted from the storage unit 22 and similarly displayed on the display 24 (step S5).

  Then, after the icon 241 and its contents are displayed in this way, when the user selects or presses the icon 241 (step S6), the portable terminal 2 accepts the pressing and activates the browser and the communication unit 21. Collecting homepages and various information on the Internet. Then, the collected information is displayed on the display 24 (step S7).

  Next, the display method of the icon 241 in another embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The display method of the icons 241 in this embodiment is such that the contents of a plurality of icons 241 are displayed in a single content display area 242 while flowing.

  First, similarly, as a premise, it is assumed that the portable terminal 2 does not store any icons 241 or information about the contents thereof, and the icons 241 are not displayed on the display 24.

  When the mobile terminal 2 is turned on in this state, it communicates with the server computer 3 to collect the icon 241 stored in the server computer 3 and the icon-related information such as the contents of the icon 241 and the URL. Store in the storage unit 22 (step S11). Thereby, the storage unit 22 of the mobile terminal 2 stores image information of the icon 241, text indicating the contents of the icon 241, URL information for accessing when the icon 241 is pressed, and the like.

  When information about the icon 241 and the like is stored in the storage unit 22 as described above, a plurality of icons 241 are extracted from the storage unit 22 (step S12), and the extracted icons 241 are displayed in the icon display area of the display 24. It is displayed on 240 (step S13). Then, along with the display of this icon 241, the content of the icon 241 is extracted from the storage unit 22, and is displayed while sequentially flowing the content in a single content display area 242 provided in the display 24 (step S 14). At this time, the type of the icon 241 for the read content is detected (step S15), and the display form of the detected icon 241 is changed and displayed (step S16).

  Then, after the icon 241 and its contents are displayed in this way, when the user selects or presses the icon 241 (step S17), the portable terminal 2 accepts the pressing and activates the browser and also via the communication unit 21. To collect websites and various information on the Internet. Then, the collected information is displayed on the display 24 (step S18).

  Next, the display method of the icon 241 in the third embodiment will be described using the flowchart of FIG. The display method of the icons 241 in this embodiment is such that the contents of a plurality of icons 241 are displayed in a single content display area 242 while flowing.

  As in the above case, the mobile terminal 2 is turned on in a state where the mobile terminal 2 stores no icon 241 or information about its contents and the icon 241 or the like is not displayed on the display 24. After a certain period of time, communication with the server computer 3 is performed, and the icon 241 stored in the server computer 3 and the icon-related information such as the contents of the icon 241 and the URL are collected and stored in the storage unit 22 (steps). S21). Thereby, the storage unit 22 of the portable terminal 2 stores image information of the icon 241, text indicating the content of the icon 241, URL information for accessing when the icon 241 is pressed, and the like.

  When information relating to the icon 241 and the like is stored in the storage unit 22 in this way, a plurality of icons 241 are extracted from the storage unit 22 (step S22), and the extracted icons 241 are displayed in the icon display area of the display 24. It is displayed on 240 (step S23). When the displayed icon 241 is selected by the user (step S24), a content display area 242 is generated (step S25), and the contents of the selected icon 241 are displayed while flowing in the content display area 242. (Step S26).

  Then, after the icon 241 and its contents are displayed in this way, when the user presses the icon 241 (step S27), the mobile terminal 2 accepts the press and activates the browser, and via the communication unit 21. Collect websites and various information on the Internet. Then, the collected information is displayed on the display 24 (step S28).

  As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the icon 241 for displaying the home page by being connected to the Internet and the contents of the icon 241 are displayed while flowing, so that the small icon 241 is displayed. Even so, since the content can be displayed while flowing in the small content display area 242, the content of the icon 241 can be notified to the user without occupying the content display area 242 of the display 24. . In addition, by notifying the user of the contents, the opportunity for pressing the icon 241 can be increased, and the effect of the advertising in the company can be enhanced.

  In addition, a plurality of icons 241 are displayed on the display 24 and text for notifying the contents of the plurality of icons 241 is continuously displayed in the single content display area 242, so that the content display area 242 of the screen is displayed. The contents of many icons 241 can be explained without occupying a large area.

  At this time, when a plurality of icons 241 are displayed on the display 24, the display form of the icon 241 corresponding to the content displayed in the single content display area 242 is changed, so that it is currently displayed. Which icon 241 corresponds to the content can be notified, and the correspondence between the description in the content display area 242 and the icon 241 can be clarified.

  Furthermore, since the selection of any one of the plurality of icons 241 displayed on the display 24 is accepted, the contents of the icon 241 are displayed while flowing in the content display area 242. The contents display area 242 is not always occupied, and the contents can be displayed only when necessary.

  Further, since the contents of the icon 241 are displayed on the screen corresponding to the button for selecting a plurality of icons 241 displayed on the display 24, a key for each icon 241 is assigned on the screen. If it is displayed, it can be displayed on the screen corresponding to the key, so that the content display area 242 of the corresponding key and the text content display area 242 can be used together to efficiently use the screen. Will be able to.

  In addition, this invention can be implemented in various aspects, without being limited to the said embodiment.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the content display area 242 is provided at a location distant from the icon 241. However, the content may be provided in the immediate vicinity to display the content.

  In the above embodiment, the icon 241 transmitted from the server computer 3 is displayed. At this time, the user inputs advertisement information of a desired category, and the icon 241 included in the category is displayed. May be displayed. At this time, when the icon 241 displayed on the display 24 is changed to another icon 241, the icon 241 may be changed to another icon 241 by a user operation.

The figure which shows the outline | summary of the icon display system in one embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the functional block of the portable terminal in the same form The figure which shows the 1st display example of the portable terminal in the same form The figure which shows the 2nd example of a display of the portable terminal in the same form The figure which shows the flowchart in 1st embodiment in the form The figure which shows the flowchart in 2nd embodiment in the same form The figure which shows the flowchart in 3rd embodiment in the form

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Icon display system 2 ... Portable terminal 3 ... Server computer 20 ... CPU
21 ... Communication unit 22 ... Storage unit 23 ... Input unit 24 ... Display 25 ... Display information storage means 26 ... Icon display means 27 ... Content display means 28 ... Selection Receiving means 29 ... information display means 230 ... function keys 240 ... icon display area 241 ... icon 242 ... content display area

Claims (5)

In the icon display method of displaying an icon for displaying a homepage and various information by connecting to the Internet on the display of the mobile terminal,
A method for displaying an icon on a portable terminal that displays the content of the icon displayed on the display while flowing. In the icon display method of displaying an icon for displaying a homepage and various information by connecting to the Internet on the display of the mobile terminal,
A method for displaying an icon in a portable terminal, wherein a plurality of icons are displayed on a display and the contents of the plurality of icons are displayed while flowing in a single content display area.   The icon display method according to claim 2, wherein the icon display form corresponding to the content being displayed is changed. In the icon display method of displaying an icon for displaying a homepage and various information by connecting to the Internet on the display of the mobile terminal,
Displaying a plurality of icons on the display;
A step of accepting selection of any one of the displayed icons;
A method of displaying an icon on a portable terminal, comprising: displaying the received icon while flowing the content of the icon. The icon display method according to claim 2 or 4,
An icon display method in which a content display area is provided on a screen corresponding to a button for pressing a plurality of icons, and the contents of the icon are displayed in the content display area.

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