Patent ID: 7810022
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing method for displaying, on a display screen, at least one processing region including a cursor and a link portion in which a link to other information is set, the method comprising: assigning a one of a plurality of links in the processing region on which the cursor is currently positioned to a reference-positioned one of a plurality of operating elements of an operation input device; assigning each other one of the plurality of links in the processing region to an other one of the plurality of operating elements based on displaying, in the processing region on the display screen, a reference image for each of the plurality of operating elements to reference each of the plurality of operating elements as assigned to a one of the plurality of links; and in response to an operation input from an assigned operating element, executing processing corresponding to the respective one of the plurality of links assigned to the operating element.