Patent ID: 8872770

Claim:
A terminal emulator comprising: a connecting portion that is connectable between an information processing apparatus and a display device; a storing portion that stores real-time data received from the information processing apparatus as log data; a first setting portion that sets at least one real-time data display area displaying real-time data, and a plurality of log data display areas displaying a plurality of pieces of log data, the at least one real-time data display area and the plurality of log data display areas being arranged on a display screen of the display device, the plurality of log data display areas includes at least one important log data display area which displays real-time data includes a preset character string as the log data; a data forming portion that fits the real-time data and the plurality of pieces of log data into the at least one real-time data display area and the plurality of log data display areas set by the first setting portion, respectively, and rearranges each of the real-time data and the plurality of pieces of log data in the form of a two-dimensional array; and an outputting portion that converts the rearranged real-time data and the plurality of pieces of rearranged log data into a plurality of pieces of video data, respectively, and outputs the plurality of pieces of video data to the display device.