IP Library Patent Application 12529388
Patent Application
App. No. 12/529,388

INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE

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App. No.
12/529,388
Abstract

An information display device accesses URLs of a plurality of bookmarks in a group at a time by only selecting the group, instead of selecting each bookmark, and displays in accordance with information on a display window stored for each bookmark. An information display device 1 includes: a storage unit 5 that stores a bookmark; a group registration unit 6 that stores the bookmarks as a group along with a display position and size of a window displaying information on each website; and a selection unit 7 that selects the bookmarks that are registered as the group. An operator only selects the group using the selection unit 7, and the information display device 1 accesses URLs of the registered bookmarks at a time and displays on the display means 4, the acquired data in accordance with the size and position of the display window stored for each bookmark.

Claims (28)

1 . An information display device comprising:

a storage unit that stores a URL of a website as a bookmark;

a group registration unit that registers the plurality of bookmarks as a group;

a selection unit that selects all bookmarks belonging to a certain group when an operator selects the group;

a communication unit that accesses a website and acquires data from the website; and

a display unit that displays the data acquired by the communication unit,

wherein, when the selection unit selects a certain group, the communication unit accesses websites indicated by URLs of all bookmarks belonging to the group and acquires data, and

the display unit displays all the acquired data in accordance with a display position and a display size of a display window registered in the group registration unit.

2 . The information display device in accordance with claim 1 ,

wherein the group registration unit registers the bookmark, along with the display size and the display position of the display window of when the display unit displays the data acquired from the website indicated by the URL of the bookmark.

3 . The information display device in accordance with claim 1 ,

wherein the group registration unit registers the bookmark along with a priority of a data acquisition order of when the data is acquired from the website indicated by the URL of the bookmark, and

when the selection unit selects a certain group, the communication unit acquires data from websites indicated by URLs of all bookmarks lo belonging to the group in order, in accordance with the registered priority.

4 . The information display device in accordance with claim 3 ,

wherein the display unit displays the data in order, once the communication unit acquires the data from the website indicated by the URL of the bookmark.

5 . The information display device in accordance with, claim 1 ,

wherein, when the group registration unit performs the group registration, the display unit displays a list of the bookmarks stored in the storage unit, and

the group registration unit performs grouping by designating the bookmarks that the operator desires to register as the group.

6 . The information display device in accordance with claim 1 ,

wherein the group registration unit registers bookmarks created by directly inputting URLs of websites as the group, instead of the bookmarks stored in the storage unit when the group registration is performed.

7 . An information display device comprising:

storage means for storing a URL of a website as a bookmark;

group registration means for registering the plurality of bookmarks as a group;

selection means for selecting all bookmarks belonging to a certain group when an operator selects the group;

communication means for accessing a website and acquiring data from the website; and

display means for displaying the data acquired by the communication means,

wherein, when the selection means selects a certain group, the communication means accesses websites indicated by URLs of all bookmarks belonging to the group and acquires data, and

the display means displays all the acquired data in accordance with a display position and a display size of a display window registered in the group registration means.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
Reel/Frame 033720/0767 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2009
From: USAMI, SHINYA
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023187/0642 →