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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1999
Takashi Sonehara, Nagano, JP;
Katsuhiro Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yamamoto Ryou, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and information providing medium, more particularly, the present invention provides an information processing apparatus having a first executing means for executing a predetermined processing in response to a rotational operation; and a second executing means for executing another predetermined processing in response to a pushing operation. Accordingly, repeated, complicated operations required in a related art operating systems to select a desired application program on a taskbar having a start menu button to activating the selected application program is eliminated.