Patent ID: 7710401

Claim:
A portable terminal device including a pointing device, comprising: a display section disposed in a case; an activation mark formed on the case adjacent to the display section; an icon displayed in the display section; a pointing device which judges a pointer position in the display section when a press of a decision key is detected; a storage section storing a corresponding relationship between an action and the position in the display section where the pointer indicates the activation mark and/or the icon; and a controller which searches for the action corresponding to the icon from the storage section and activates the searched action in case of a press of the decision key is detected in the state that the pointer is in the position which indicates the icon, searches for the action corresponding to the activation mark from the storage section and activates the searched action in case of a press of the decision key is not detected within a predetermined period in the state that the pointer is in the position which indicates the activation mark, searches for the action corresponding to the icon from the storage section and activates the searched action in case of a press of the decision key is detected within a predetermined period in the state that the pointer is in the position which indicates both of the icon and the activation mark, and searches for the action corresponding to the activation mark from the storage section and activates the searched action in case of a press of the decision key is not detected within a predetermined period in the state that the pointer is in the position which indicates both of the icon and the activation mark.