PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DATA ON TOUCH SCREEN

1 . A portable electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen configured to display a screen including an item to be operated on the touch screen;

a memory configured to store data of a relationship between the item and a reaction to be performed upon the item being operated on the displayed screen; and

a controller configured to extract the item from the displayed screen, the controller being configured to provide the extracted item with an identifier and to show the extracted item overlaid with the identifier on the displayed screen, the controller being configured to show an identifier button corresponding to the identifier on the displayed screen, the controller being configured to perform the reaction with reference to the data stored in the memory upon the identifier button being operated on the displayed screen.

2 . The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to show the identifier button near a corner of the displayed screen.

3 . The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to show a scroll button on the displayed screen for scrolling the displayed screen, the controller being configured to extract the item after scrolling.

4 . The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to show a button on the displayed screen for starting to extract the item.

5 . The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to show a button on the displayed screen for starting to extract the item, the controller being further configured to make an operation performed on the item on the displayed screen ineffective after the button for starting to extract the item is operated.

6 . The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the identifier and the identifier button are given a same numeral.

7 . The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the identifier button is shown by text representing the item.

8 . The portable electronic device according to claim 1 further comprising a communication unit configured to perform website browsing, wherein the item is a hyperlink to a Website.

9 . The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the item is a text box for entering text.

10 . The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the item is a text box for entering text, and the controller is further configured to show a software keyboard on the displayed screen upon the item being operated.

11 . The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured, upon the displayed screen including a plurality of items to be operated, to extract a given number of the items at most from the displayed screen.

12 . The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured, upon the displayed screen including a plurality of items to be operated, to provide each of the extracted items with each of a plurality of identifiers, the controller being configured to show a plurality of identifier buttons each of which corresponds to each of the identifiers on the displayed screen in a gathered manner.

13 . A method for displaying data on a touch screen, comprising:

displaying a screen including an item to be operated on the touch screen;

storing data of a relationship between the item and a reaction to be performed upon the item being operated on the displayed screen;

extracting the item from the displayed screen;

providing the extracted item with an identifier;

showing the extracted item overlaid with the identifier;

showing an identifier button corresponding to the identifier on the displayed screen; and

performing the reaction with reference to the data stored in the memory upon the identifier button being operated on the displayed screen.

14 . The method for displaying data on the touch screen according to claim 13 , wherein the identifier button is shown near a corner of the displayed screen.

15 . The method for displaying data on the touch screen according to claim 13 , further comprising

showing a scroll button on the displayed screen for scrolling the displayed screen, and

extracting the item after scrolling.

16 . The method for displaying data on the touch screen according to claim 13 , further comprising

showing a button on the displayed screen for starting to extract the item, and

making an operation performed on the item on the displayed screen ineffective after the button for starting to extract the item is operated.

17 . The method for displaying data on the touch screen according to claim 13 , wherein the item is a text box for entering text, further comprising showing a software keyboard on the displayed screen upon the item being operated.

18 . The method for displaying data on the touch screen according to claim 13 , further comprising, upon the displayed screen including a plurality of items to be operated, extracting a given number of the items at most from the displayed screen.

19 . The method for displaying data on the touch screen according to claim 13 , further comprising, upon the displayed screen including a plurality of items to be operated,

providing each of the extracted items with each of a plurality of identifiers, and

showing a plurality of identifier buttons each of which corresponds to each of the identifiers on the displayed screen in a gathered manner.