IP Library Granted Patent US 10,263,926
Granted Patent B2
US 10,263,926 · App. 16/108,159 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Information processing apparatus and cellular phone terminal

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,263,926
App. No.
16/108,159
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a display unit displaying information on a display screen, an operation unit including a text input key, and a control unit. The control unit displays text in response to input from the operation unit in a state of displaying an initial screen on the display screen, shows an application using text to a user for selection, starts up the application in accordance with the user's selection, and executes the application, using the text inputted from the operation unit.

Claims (15)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display unit for displaying information on a display screen; and

a control unit configured to:

change a screen displayed on the display unit, which does not provide a text input function, to a screen displaying a text input area based upon a user's operation, and cause the display screen to display a first softkey that, when selected by the user, initiates a specific application using text inputted into the text input area and a second softkey that, when selected by the user, searches for relevant Web sites using the text inputted into the text input area.

2. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display unit for displaying information on a display screen;

a user interface for receiving user input operations; and

a control unit configured to:

change a screen displayed on the display unit, which does not provide a text input function, to a screen displaying a text input area based upon a user's input operation;

cause the display screen to display at least one conversion candidate based upon a user's inputting of text in the text input area;

display on the display screen a first softkey that, when selected by the user, initiates a specific application using the inputted text and a second softkey that, when selected by the user, searches for relevant Web sites using the inputted text; and

switch to a new display screen on the display unit in response to the user's selection of a softkey.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the information processing apparatus is a cellular phone terminal.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the screen which does not proved a text input function is displayed when the information processing apparatus is turned on.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first softkey is user-operable to display a menu of action candidates associated with the text inputted by the user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2019
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
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