Information display system having graphical user interface switchingly controlling information display on display screen

Abstract

Disclosed is an information display system capable of efficiently browsing items of information related by links. When displaying the information obtained by accessing a network, a plurality of display areas are formed, and plural items of information are displayed in these display areas. In this case, a display history of the information displayed may be stored, and the items of information displayed at the present or in the past may be displayed in a predetermined order in the respective display areas. When a first item of information displayed in a first display area is related to a second item of information, and when given an indication of displaying a second item of information, the second item of information may be displayed in a second display area while keeping the display of the first item of information in the first display area.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09 / 764,302, filed Jan. 19, 2001, and now allowed, which further claims the benefit of priority Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-135030, filed May 8, 2000, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates to an information display system having a graphical user interface (GUI).

[0003] With a spread of the Internet over the recent years, a technology of readily browsing the information has been demanded. As a result, an information display system incorporating a program known as a browser was developed. The conventional browser has only one display area, and hence the user switches over a page by updating the information in that display area by overwriting, or starting another browser and displaying the information thereon, or rewriting a content in the same display area by selecting an index called a t...

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