Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Yoichi Nagashima

Satoshi Machida

Kana Segawa

Tatsuya Suetaka

Masataka Yamashita

Tsutomu Arai

Masamichi Togawa

In one aspect of this invention, upon playing back contents, a content to be played back is selected from a plurality of contents stored in a storage unit, and it is checked for this selected content if a first playback mode that requires a prior playback confirmation operation or a second playback mode that does not require any prior playback confirmation operation is suitable as the playback mode of the content of interest. If it is determined that the first playback mode is suitable as the playback mode of the selected content, the content is skipped without being played back. On the other hand, if it is determined that the second playback mode is suitable as the playback mode of the selected content, that content is played back.

Information terminal with function of playing back contents

When it is determined that the shells are set in the second state in an automatic activation mode, a TV receiver and TV display application program are activated, and a TV video signal is displayed on the main display. A full-screen display mode of displaying the TV video signal by using the full-screen display area of the main display, and a partial-screen display mode of displaying the display area of the main display by dividing the display area into a TV video display area and additional information display area are prepared. When the TV video signal is to be displayed on the main display, the TV video signal is displayed by using each of the display modes in accordance with the state of the shells.

Folding type portable terminal

When electronic mail transmitting operation is performed, it is checked whether the standby mode is the digital mode. If the standby mode is not the digital mode, processing for changing the standby mode from the analog mode to the digital mode is executed. When the standby mode is changed to the digital mode, the electronic mail is transmitted through a digital channel. If the standby mode cannot be changed to the digital mode, the transmission electronic mail is stored in a memory, and message hold transmission control is executed afterward.

Mobile communication terminal for transmission of electronic mail in a digital mode

An information communication terminal with an e-mail receiving section extracts a plurality of informations corresponding to sender of the e-mail from the received e-mail. Then, the information communication terminal registers the extracted informations in its phone book in one registering operation by a user of the terminal.

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Hachioji, Japan

Yoichi Nagashima