Patent ID: 6732112
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A network system including a server machine and a plurality of user terminals, said server machine comprising:a first storage device that stores data of a plurality of pages having a hyperlinked structure described in a language along a specification of an HTML, and that stores setup data described in the language along the specification of the HTML to perform allocation of functions of keys of said user terminal for each page and explanation of functions allocated to the respective keys; each of said user terminal comprising: a plurality of keys, and a processing device that displays a page supplied from said server machine on a display device, said processing device comprising a key allocation device that reads setup data of the corresponding other page from said server machine when another page is selected by a key operation of a user, said key allocation device further updating the functions of the keys and performing a setup operation for updating the display of the explanation of the functions of the keys on the display device.