Patent ID: 7716733

Claim:
An information terminal device that reads character data including at least a character string from a server device on a communication line and displays the character data on a display screen, said information terminal device comprising: an option menu display module that displays on the display screen an option menu, which includes multiple options corresponding to multiple functions installed in said information terminal device in a selectable manner; a general data display module that is activated by selection of a corresponding option in the option menu to enable a first function, which displays non-confidential character data as general data on the display screen in a selectable manner and, in response to selection of one of the displayed general data, displays content of the selected general data; an operation unit that is operated to select one of the multiple options included in the option menu to activate a corresponding one of the multiple functions; an operation detection module that detects operation of the operation unit; and a confidential data display module that is not included as one option in the option menu but is activated by a specific series of operations of the operation unit in a preset order to enable a second function, which displays confidential character data as confidential data on the display screen in a selectable manner and, in response to selection of one of the displayed confidential data, displays content of the selected confidential data, wherein the operation detection module detects the specific series of operations of the operation unit in the preset order without displaying an operation-related window on the display screen.