Electronic business card processing device and method

An electronic business card processing device having a display and a pointing device, comprising means for:

• storing information relating to business cards;
• displaying a business card on the display on the basis of the stored information;
• displaying a selectable tag on the displayed business card in response to positioning of a cursor of the pointing device on a predetermined text field in the business card;
• receiving signals from the pointing device that has selected the tag;
• and
• starting an application program associated with the selected tag and supplying information unique to the text field on which the cursor has been positioned to the started application program.

An electronic business card processing method to be executed by an electronic business card processing device having a display, a pointing device, and a memory for storing information relating to business cards, comprising the steps of:

• displaying a business card on the display on the basis of the stored information;
• displaying a tool bar on the displayed business card when a cursor of the pointing device is positioned on the displayed business card, where the tool bar has one or a plurality of buttons;
• receiving signals from the pointing device that has selected one of the buttons;
• and
• executing processing corresponding to the selected button by using information unique to the displayed business card.

An electronic business card processing method to be executed by an electronic business card processing device having a display, a pointing device, and a memory storing information relating to business cards, comprising the steps of:

• displaying a business card on the display of the basis of the stored information;
• displaying a selectable tag on the displayed business card in response to positioning of a cursor of the pointing device on a predetermined text field of the business card;
• receiving signals from the pointing device that has selected the tag;
• and starting an application program associated with the selected tag and supplying information unique to the text field on which the cursor has been positioned to the started application program.