Information processing system
OwnerAtsushi Naitoinventor
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Abstract
Data entry on an information device is facilitated by an information processing system comprising an information device equipped with a display unit and an input unit. The information processing system further comprises a control unit for coordinating the operation of a first application running on the information device and that of a second to nth (n=an integer of more than 2) applications that are relevant to the first application and running on the information device. The control unit has an application menu display function for displaying an application menu on the display unit upon selection of specific data by the input unit from data displayed on the display unit in the first application, the menu showing the name of at least one application selected from the second to nth applications.
Claims15
An information processing system comprising an information device equipped with a display unit and an input unit, the information processing system further comprising:
- a control unit for coordinating the operation of a first application running on the information device and that of a second to nth (n=an integer of more than 2) applications that are related to the first application and running on the information device,
- wherein the control unit has an application menu display function for displaying, upon selection of specific data in data displayed on the display unit in the first application by means of the input unit, an application menu on the display unit, the application menu showing the name of at least one application selected from the second to nth applications.
An information device comprising a display unit and an input unit, on which a plurality of applications including an email application can be run, the device comprising:
- an email reception unit for receiving email from the outside;
- an email data storage unit for storing email data received by the email reception unit from the outside;
- and
- a control unit having an application menu display function, an application switching function, and a data paste function,
- wherein when specific data in email data that has been stored in the email data storage unit and which is displayed on the display unit is selected by the input unit, the control unit predicts applications relevant to the specific data and displays a list of the names of the predicted applications using the application menu display function, from which list a desired application can be opened,
- wherein the desired application can be selected from the application menu and opened by the application switching function, and the specific data can be pasted in a data storage unit of the desired application by the data paste function.
A program for causing an information device to carry out the steps of:
- running a first application adapted to run on an information device comprising a display unit and an input unit;
- selecting, by means of the input unit, specific data from data displayed on the display unit by the first application;
- and
- displaying, upon selection of the specific data, an application menu showing the name of at least one application selected from a second to nth (n=an integer of more than 2) applications running on the information device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.