Patent ID: 8494495

Claim:
A mobile information terminal comprising: an operation detection part for detecting an operation; a function execution part for executing a plurality of functions; a display part having a first display region and a second display region; a communication part which receives a signal; and a control part configured to display one or more objects in the first display region and to display one or more icons in the second display region, specified by the one or more objects selected, respectively, wherein the control part maintains the one or more objects displayed in the first display region, and changes the second display region when an object is selected in response to an operation detected by the operation detection part, and wherein the control part emphasizes the selected object in the first display region compared with one or more other displayed selectable objects, and cancels the emphasis of the selected object when the communication part receives the signal; wherein, when a function executed by the function execution part is interrupted, the control part displays in the first display region first interrupted function information specifying the function whose execution by the function execution part was interrupted, and displays in the second display region second interrupted function information showing the execution state of the function whose execution was interrupted; and wherein the function execution part is configured to be able to execute a browser function receiving information concerning a web page through the communication part and displaying the received web page in the second display region of the display part, and, when an operation is detected by the operation detection part in the state where the browser function of the function execution part is interrupted and first interrupted function information specifying the browser function is selected, the control part receives information concerning the web page through the communication part again, and displays the received web page in the second display region of the display part while maintaining the interrupted state as it is.