Patent ID: 7409441

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a communication line connected to a network; an information acquisition arrangement for acquiring in real time at least information relating to a predetermined site on the network via the communication line, said communication line being held by a communication line holding arrangement; a display control arrangement for displaying in real time information relating to a plurality of sites acquired by the information acquisition arrangement, forming symbols corresponding to the plurality of sites, displaying the symbols three-dimensionally in a contrastable state from each other and displaying the information acquired by the information acquisition arrangement with a symbol which corresponds to the site; an operation arrangement in communication with the display control arrangement and for directing an operator by a user, the operator being displayed along with the information or the symbol by the display control arrangement, and a control arrangement for performing any one of or a plurality of controls, the controls including: a control for changing force necessary for operating the operation arrangement; a control for driving a vibration arrangement provided to the operation arrangement; and a control for producing a predetermined sound, when the operator approaches the predetermined information or the symbol, wherein the information acquisition arrangement acquires at least one of or a plurality of pieces of information indicating update status, response, type, popularity, cost, and links of each site.