Patent ID: 8755061

Claim:
A display input device comprising: a display part displaying at least character string regions as regions including a character string; an input part accepting an operation performed on the character string region; a storage part storing data including data for an image displayed at the display part, word data for judging whether or not the character string region is targeted for highlighting, and predication data defining the character string region to be subjected to the highlighting in accordance with an operation performed by a user, the word data including one or a plurality of words as a character string or character strings and the prediction data defining a condition for the user operation and a character string region associated with the condition and targeted for the highlighting; and a display control part controlling the display performed at the display part, the display control part judging whether or not, of the character string regions displayed at the display part, adjacent character string regions include the same-word included in the word data, and when the adjacent character string regions include the same-word and the prediction data includes one or both of the adjacent character string regions, making the display part highlight characters other than the same word.