Patent ID: 7439953

Claim:
An information apparatus, comprising: a display unit configured to display an operation selecting element; a pointing device configured to control a pointer on the display unit; a pointer information storage unit configured to store information regarding movements and stops of the pointer on the display unit; an operation selecting element storage unit configured to store data on a predetermined peripheral region of the operation selecting element; a determination condition storage unit configured to store a condition to be satisfied to determined that the pointer has selected the operation selecting element; and a determination unit configured to determined whether or not the condition stored in the determination condition storage unit is satisfied based on the information regarding movements and stops stored in the pointer information storage unit, and configured to cause an operation associated with the operation selecting element to be executed in a where it is case determined that the condition is satisfied; said condition requiring at least that the pointer (i) move within the predetermined peripheral region, and then (ii) stop in the predetermined peripheral region, and then (iii) move again within the predetermined peripheral region after stopping.