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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1998
Tomonari Kamba, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information displaying apparatus connected to a communication network, for displaying information received through the communication network on display unit, instead of a periodically changed pattern during operation of a screen saver function for displaying the pattern on the display unit includes: an information storing unit for in turn storing the information received through the communication network; a private information discriminating unit in turn read out the information stored in the information storing unit, for discriminating whether or not the read information is private information; and an information display control unit for directly displaying the read information on the display unit in case where the read information is non-private information, and displaying the read information on the display unit with a predetermined operation provided for the apparatus by a user in case where the read information is private information, in response to a discriminating result of the private information discriminating means, thereby enabling the private information to avoid exposing to a third party, but non-private information can be seen immediately after returning to the work.