Patent ID: 8810510

Claim:
A cursor display method for inputting a character string in a character input area capable of receiving input of characters and displaying a limited number of input characters, the character string comprising a mixture of a first-type character having a first writing direction and a second-type character having a second writing direction, the cursor display method comprising: moving a displayed cursor indicating an input position of a next character in the character input area in a first character input direction corresponding to the first writing direction when the first-type character is input in the character input area in the first character input direction, the cursor being moved in response to progression of input of first-type characters to indicate the input position of the next first-type character; and moving the displayed cursor in a second character input direction opposite to the first character input direction and performing first display-position movement processing when input of the first-type character is switched into input of the second-type character written in the second character input direction, the displayed cursor being moved in response to progression of input of second-type characters to indicate the input position of the next second-type character, the first display-position movement processing being performed so that a display position of each character input before the switching is moved in the second character input direction in response to the progression of input of second-type characters with a display position of the second-type character input after the switching being fixed.