Patent ID: 8860667

Claim:
A display terminal device comprising: a main body; a touch panel circuit provided on said main body and configured to display contents data and to receive input via touch; a wireless reader/writer circuit provided on said main body and configured to communicate with an external memory from a side of said touch panel circuit, the reader/writer circuit wirelessly writing and/or wirelessly reading data relevant to said contents data to/from the external memory, the external memory remaining external to the display terminal device during communication; a communication circuit configured to communicate with a host device; a controller circuit configured to control said touch panel circuit to display the contents data received by said communication circuit, said communication circuit transmitting data read from said wireless reader/writer circuit to said host device or another device, said communication circuit receiving data to be written by said wireless reader/writer transmitted from said host device or another device; and a transparent protective plate provided only over a communication enabling area on said touch circuit and configured to allow wireless writing and/or wireless reading by said wireless reader/writer circuit, the communication enabling area being less than a total area of the touch panel circuit, the transparent protective plate inhibiting input via touch in the communication enabling area of the touch panel circuit, wherein said controller circuit is further configured to control said touch panel circuit to display, within said communication enabling area on said touch panel circuit, an instruction for communication with the external memory, said touch panel circuit is a liquid crystal panel having an antenna of said wireless reader/writer circuit arranged on a back side thereof to wirelessly communicate with the external memory.