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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Masahiro Ishigami, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiro Ishigami, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A touch panel is provided on the back of a mobile terminal which has a display area and an operation entry part on its front. The mobile terminal is configured to allow a user to press the touch panel with a finger, which supports the mobile terminal on the back thereof, to enter information. Information entry is done by entering the locus of a character or a graphic or by selecting from items displayed on a screen in the display area. In addition, the mobile terminal is configured to allow the user, through the touch panel, to control the scroll of the screen.