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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2010
Yasushi Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Ikuomi Natori, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Ikuomi Natori, Tokyo, JP;
TEAC Corporation, Tama-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a device which realizes a shortcut function without providing any key exclusively used for the shortcut function. When a home key is operated in a state where a lower screen at a lower position of a hierarchical structure is displayed, a home screen at an upper position of the hierarchical structure is displayed, and data to specify the lower screen when the home key is operated are stored in association with the home key. When the home key is operated in a state where the home screen is displayed, the lower screen is displayed based on the stored data to take a shortcut to the lower screen from the home screen.