Patent ID: 6342894
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A data processing apparatus for instructing an icon displayed on a display screen and thereby operating on an object corresponding to the instructed icon, comprising:object storing means for storing an object; icon storage means having a first area (31) and a second area (33) for storing an icon being assigned to the object; administration means for storing a plurality of icon patterns in the second area and information relating to an icon pattern being displayed at present for the icon in the first area; instruction means for instructing a first instruction or a second instruction; decision means for deciding whether said instruction instructed by said instruction means is the first instruction or the second instruction; replacing means for replacing the information stored in the first area when it is decided by said decision means that the first instruction is instructed by said instruction means; display control means for displaying an icon pattern selected from the plurality of icon patterns stored in the second area based on the information stored in the first area on the display screen; and execution means for executing the object corresponding to the icon when it is decided by said decision means that the second instruction is instructed by said instruction means, wherein a number of said icon storage means equals to a number of objects stored in said object storage means.