User interface control apparatus and method thereof

A user interface control method performed by a user interface control apparatus that includes a central processing unit (CPU), the method comprising:

• acquiring first data including a plurality of sets of first information and second information, the first information indicating a type of input content, and the second information indicating that the type of input content indicated by the first information should be input using a textbox displayed by a display unit;
• storing second data including a set of third information and fourth information, the third information being different from the first information, the third information indicating a type of input content, and the fourth information indicating that the type of input content indicated by the third information should be input using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed by the display unit;
• acquiring one of the plurality of sets of first information included in the first data;
• searching the second data;
• determining whether the third information included in the second data corresponds to the first information;
• and
• controlling the display unit to display the GUI for inputting the type of input content indicated by the first information, based on the fourth information, without controlling the display unit to display the textbox for inputting the type of input content indicated by the first information based on the second information, when the third information included in the second data is determined to correspond to the first information, and controlling the display unit to display the textbox for inputting the type of input content indicated by the first information, based on the second information, when the third information included in the second data is not determined to correspond to the first information,
• wherein the controlling is performed, at least in part, by the CPU, and
• wherein the GUI does not include the textbox and includes at least one of:
• a pull-down menu, a view of selected items, and a software keyboard.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:

• acquiring first data including a plurality of sets of first information and second information, the first information indicating a type of input content, and the second information indicating that the type of input content indicated by the first information should be input using a textbox displayed by a display unit;
• storing second data including a set of third information and fourth information, the third information being different from the first information, the third information indicating a type of input content, and the fourth information indicating that the type of input content indicated by the third information should be input using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed by the display unit;
• acquiring one of the plurality of sets of first information included in the first data;
• searching the second data;
• determining whether the third information included in the second data corresponds to the first information;
• and
• controlling the display unit to display the GUI for inputting the type of input content indicated by the first information, based on the fourth information, without controlling the display unit to display the textbox for inputting the type of input content indicated by the first information based on the second information, when the third information included in the second data is determined to correspond to the first information, and controlling the display unit to display the textbox for inputting the type of input content indicated by the first information, based on the second information, when the third information included in the second data is not determined to correspond to the first information,
• wherein the GUI does not include the textbox and includes at least one of:
• a pull-down menu, a view of selected items, and a software keyboard.