Patent ID: 6411690
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An information processing system having a telephone function comprising:a main system including a display device; and, a display object selection device separate from the main system for transmitting a wireless signal to the main system to select one display object from among at least two display objects displayed on the display device, the main system further having: means for receiving content data; means for displaying display objects on the display device based on the content data; means for scanning the content data to identify one or more display objects to be selected by a user; means for generating data for displaying symbols corresponding to the identified display objects to be selected by the user, the data for displaying the symbols being not originally included in the content data; means for displaying the symbols at positions corresponding to the identified display objects to be selected by the user based on the data for displaying symbols; means for receiving a wireless signal indicative of a symbol from the display selection device; means for specifying one display object based on the received wireless signal indicative of the symbol; and, telephone function for establishing a telephone line based on the specified one display object, and the display object selection device further having: means for inputting a symbol data; means for transmitting the wireless signal indicative of a symbol to the main system; microphone means for transmitting audio signals to the main system for transmitting in turn over the telephone line established based on the specified one display object; and, speaker means for receiving audio signals from the main system received over the telephone line established based on the one display object.