Patent ID: 8917246

Claim:
An input terminal apparatus comprising: a display unit for displaying a plurality of input keys to receive input; a touch panel disposed in association with the display unit and in front of the display unit; and a display control unit for controlling activation of the display unit, wherein the display control unit controls the display unit to display a first input key group to prompt input to the touch panel at activation of the display unit from an inactive state to an active state and, if the display control unit determines that a predetermined period of time has elapsed from the activation of the display unit without receiving the input from the input keys, to change a display from the first input key group to prompt input to the touch panel to a second input key group to prompt input to the touch panel wherein neither said first input key group nor said second input key group are shown at said inactive state, and wherein the key layout of the first input key group is different from the key layout of the second input key group.