Patent ID: 6700566
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
A communication terminal apparatus, comprising:a communication section that controls communication with a destination; a browser that analyzes hypertexts, and displays an image in accordance with the analyzed hypertexts on a display, the image having at least an input field; hardware keys that are configured to input numbers and characters, the 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 field; a detector that detects whether an input position of the hardware keys is in the input field; and a controller that controls a status of said hardware keys in one of the first and second modes, said controller controlling said hardware keys to input data to said browser in response to said detector detecting that an input position of a hardware key is in the input field, and controlling said hardware keys to input a destination number to said communication section in response to said detector detecting that the input position of a hardware key is out of the input field.