Patent ID: 6704027
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: G09G,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A portable terminal comprising:a receiver for receiving image data attached to an e-mail and character data of the e-mail transmitted in association with each other; a memory unit for storing the character data and the image data in association with each other; an input unit for inputting instruction; a control unit for generating display data from the received image data and the character data; and a display unit for displaying the display data, wherein when the instruction for displaying the received e-mail is inputted from said input unit said control unit determines whether or not a file is attached to the e-mail, if a file is attached, determines whether or not an attached file is an image file, if the attached file is an image file, reads out the character data and the image data in association with each other from said memory unit, converts the image data into image data of a size corresponding to that of the display area of said display unit, processes the received image data to correct either or both of the brightness and contrast, and generates the display data in such a manner that the associated character are overlapped upon and displayed against the image displayed by the image data.