Mobile information communication apparatus, connection unit for mobile information communication apparatus, and external input/output unit for mobile information communication apparatus

A mobile information communication apparatus comprising:

• an input means which sends data, which a user inputs by a manual operation, to aftermentioned data processing means;
• a wireless communication means which receives and converts a wireless signal into a digital signal, sends the digital signal to aftermentioned data processing means, and converts a digital signal, which is received from aftermentioned data processing means, into a wireless signal and sends it;
• a storage means which stores a data file, which can be processed by aftermentioned data processing means;
• a data processing means which makes necessary processes on a digital signal, which is received from said wireless communication means, and/or data, which is read out from said storage means, and generates and sends a digital display signal to aftermentioned display control means A, according to data, which is inputted by said data input means, and to a program, which is stored in said storage means, wherein “a digital display signal” means “a digital signal according to which a display means can display an image on its screen”;
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• a display means which is composed of a display panel A, on which an image is displayed as a result of an activation of pixels comprising its screen, and a display control means A, which receives said digital display signal and activates each pixel of said display panel A according to the digital display signal;
• further comprising:
• an interface means A1 which is connected to a peripheral device with an external display means, receives said digital display signal and sends an external display signal to the peripheral device according to said digital display signal, wherein “a peripheral device with an external device” means “a peripheral device which includes an external display means or a peripheral device which is connected to an external display means” and “an external display signal” means “a display signal which is sent to a peripheral device with an external device”;
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• an interface means A2 which is connected to a peripheral device with an external input means and receives, processes, if necessary, and sends external input data to said data processing means, wherein “a peripheral device with an external input means” means “a peripheral device which includes an external input means or a peripheral device which is connected to an external input means” and “external input data” means “data which is inputted by an external input means”;
• wherein said data processing means makes necessary processes on a digital signal, which is received from said wireless communication means, and/or data, which is read out from said storage means, and generates and sends a digital display signal to said interface means A1, according to said external data and to a program, which is stored in said storage means.

A mobile information communication apparatus comprising:

• an input means which sends data, which a user inputs by a manual operation, to aftermentioned data processing means;
• a wireless communication means which receives and converts a wireless signal into a digital signal, sends the digital signal to aftermentioned data processing means, and converts a digital signal, which is received from aftermentioned data processing means, into a wireless signal and sends it;
• a storage means which stores a data file, which can be processed by aftermentioned data processing means;
• a data processing means which makes necessary processes on a digital signal, which is received from said wireless communication means, andlor data, which is read out from said storage means, and generates and sends a digital display signal to aftermentioned display control means A, according to data, which is inputted by said data input means, and to a program, which is stored in said storage means, wherein “a digital display signal”means “a digital signal according to which a display means can display an image on its screen”;
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• a display means which is composed of a display panel A, on which an image is displayed as a result of an activation of pixels comprising its screen, and a display control means A, which receives said digital display signal and activates each pixel of said display panel A according to the digital display signal;
• further comprising an interface means A1 which is connected to a peripheral device with an external display means, receives said digital display signal and sends an external display signal to the peripheral device according to said digital display signal, wherein “a peripheral device with an external device” means “a peripheral device which includes an external display means or a peripheral device which is connected to an external display means” and “an external display signal” means “a display signal which is sent to a peripheral device with an external device”;
• wherein said data processing means sends said digital display signal to said interface means A1;
• wherein said wireless communication means and said data processing means are configured to perform the following functions:
• a function to send a wireless signal which includes user-agent information and conforms to the Internet Protocol;
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• a function to acquire a markup document file and/or an image data file from a web server, which is connected to the Internet, by receiving and processing a wireless signal which conforms to the Internet Protocol, wherein “a markup document file” means “a document file described in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), XML (eXtensible Markup Language) or any markup language based on HTML or XML”;
• wherein said data processing means has a function to generate a digital display signal by directly processing the markup document file and/or the image data file in real time and/or by reading out and processing the markup document file and/or the image data file, which is once stored in said storage means;
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• wherein said wireless communication means and said data processing means are configured so that said user-agent information includes external display connection information, wherein “external display connection information” means “information according to which it can be discriminated whether a peripheral device with an external display means is connected to said interface means A1 or not”.