Patent ID: 6459423
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
A communication terminal apparatus, comprising:a communication section that control communication to a destination via a line; a display section that displays hypertexts transmitted from the destination, the hypertexts having a plurality of input fields; hardware keys selectively operable in a first mode to input a destination number to said communication section in order to communicate with the destination, and in a second mode to input data to the input fields of the hypertexts; software keys operable to input data to the input fields of the hypertexts, said software keys being displayed on a screen of said display section; a control device that controls an input position of data, in the display section, by said hardware and software keys; a table that stores at least a first flag and a second flag, the first flag indicating that said hardware keys are usable to input data to the input fields and the second flag indicating that said software keys are usable to input data to the input fields; a control section that controls input of the data by each of said hardware keys and said software keys and controls a status of said hardware keys in one of said first and second modes; wherein said control section cortrols said hardware keys, when the first flag indicates that said hardware keys are usable and the input position is in the input fields of the hypertexts, to input data to the input fields of the hypertexts, and controls said software keys, when the second flag indicates said software keys are usable and the input position is in the input fields of the hypertexts, to input the data to the input fields of the hypertexts; wherein said control section, upon detection of an off-hook condition of a handset associated with said apparatus, controls said hardware keys to enter into the first mode to input a destination number to said communication section.