Information output device outputting plurality of information presenting outline of data
OwnerTatsuo Sudoh, Kanae Naoiinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In a mobile phone as an information output device, when a mail application is executed to open an in-box, a mail file in a mail retention region is read. If there exists an unprocessed mail, pre-read processing for creating a thumbnail of an attachment file prior to a mail opening operation from the user is executed for a mail in a prescribed range before and after the mail presently pointed to and selected by the cursor. The thumbnail created in advance is retained in a thumbnail retention region. Then, when a mail opening operation is performed by the user, the thumbnail created beforehand for the attachment file of the mail is displayed.
Claims38
An information output device comprising:
- a first information selection unit selecting information;
- an outline presenting information creation unit creating outline presenting information corresponding to each of a plurality of multimedia data in parallel, said multimedia data being included in the information selected by said first information selection unit (102);
- and
- a presentation unit presenting said created outline presenting information, wherein
- said presentation unit presents alternative information before completion of said outline presenting information creation process, said alternative information including at least intermediate information under course of creation in said outline presenting information creation unit in stages according to respective said outline presenting information creation process and another set of information.
(canceled)
An information output method comprising:
- a first information selection step of selecting information;
- an outline presenting information creation step of creating outline presenting information of a plurality of multimedia data included in the information selected at said first information selection step in parallel;
- and
- a presentation step of presenting said created outline presenting information, wherein
- at said presentation step, alternative information is presented before completion of said outline presenting information creation process, said alternative information including at least intermediate information under course of creation at said outline presenting information creation step in stages according to respective said outline presenting information creation process and another set of information.
(canceled)
An information output program product causing a computer to execute a process of outputting information including multimedia data, causing execution of:
- a first information selection step of selecting information;
- an outline presenting information creation step of creating outline presenting information of a plurality of multimedia data included in the information selected at said first information selection step in parallel;
- and
- a presentation step of presenting said created outline presenting information, wherein
- at said presentation step, alternative information is presented before completion of said outline presenting information creation process, said alternative information including at least intermediate information under course of creation at said outline presenting information creation step in stages according to respective said outline presenting information creation process and another set of information.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.