Patent ID: 6487279
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
A telephone terminal for a computer, comprising:a panel; a display being disposed on the panel, the display being capable of displaying a plurality of windows under software control; a telephone screen return key disposed at a particular position within the display; a first controller for controlling information to be displayed on the display; and a second controller for controlling telephone receiving and telephone transmitting functions made by inputs via the telephone terminal, wherein, when an incoming call is directed to the telephone terminal, the second controller detects the incoming call and notifies the first controller to display a dealing window for answering of the incoming call via operation by a user of a touch-screen button in the dealing window, and wherein the telephone screen return key is a toggle key that switches between the dealing window and another window in which a current program is being run by the computer.