Patent ID: 7552248
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information terminal comprising: a data storage in which image data is stored; an internal controller which accesses the data storage to obtain the image data in accordance with a display request from inside the information terminal, wherein the display request is generated by an instruction from a user and the information terminal displays an image based on the obtained image data on a screen of the information terminal; and an external controller which accesses the data storage in accordance with a request which is from outside the information terminal and which is from an external device connected to the information terminal, wherein, if the display request is generated in the information terminal while the external controller is accessing the data storage, then the external controller repeatedly transmits a negative reply that data has not been properly received in response to access from the outside and the internal controller accesses the data storage to obtain the image data so that the information terminal displays the image based on the obtained image data on the screen of the information terminal while the external controller repeatedly transmits the negative reply.