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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1997
Mitsunobu Enomoto, Nara, JP;
Nobuo Kuchiki, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yuji Hase, Sijyonawate, JP;
Yoshinori Hama, Soraku-gun, JP;
Takashige Wakamatsu, Toyonaka, JP;
Masashi Yagi, Amagasaki, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An Internet information displaying apparatus comprising character signal generating means for generating a character signal and displaying it on the screen of the displaying means, and character signal generation controlling means for detecting the state of transmission and reception of digital data of the digital data transmitting and receiving means, and controlling the character signal generating means so as to generate a character signal to indicate the transmission or reception state. The state of transmission or reception of the digital data of the digital data transmitting and receiving means, in other words, the state of connection to the provider is displayed on the screen.