Patent ID: 7890506
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A user interface control apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires first data including a plurality of sets of first information and second information, the first information indicating a type of input content, and the second information indicating that the type of input content indicated by the first information should be input using a textbox displayed by a display unit; a storage unit that stores second data including a set of third information and fourth information, the third information being different from the first information, the third information indicating a type of input content, and the fourth information indicating that the type of input content indicated by the third information should be input using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed by the display unit; a search unit that acquires one of the plurality of sets of first information included in the first data, searches the second data, and determines whether the third information included in the second data corresponds to the first information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit that controls the display unit to display the GUI for inputting the type of input content indicated by the first information, based on the fourth information, without controlling the display unit to display the textbox for inputting the type of input content indicated by the first information based on the second information, when the third information included in the second data is determined to correspond to the first information acquired by the acquisition unit, and that controls the display unit to display the textbox for inputting the type of input content indicated by the first information, based on the second information, when the third information included in the second data is not determined to correspond to the first information acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein the GUI does not include the textbox and includes at least one of: a pull-down menu, a view of selected items, and a software keyboard.