JP5661000B2 - Multi-function information terminal and operation method thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a multi-function information terminal, and more particularly, to a multi-function information terminal and a method for operating the multi-function information terminal in which an icon placed on a touch panel display is operated to execute the function.

  With the downsizing and high performance of computers, the spread of portable multi-function information terminals represented by smartphones and multi-function information terminals with navigation functions mounted on passenger cars is accelerating. In this type of information terminal, a relatively large touch panel display is provided, and icons for executing a number of functions provided in the terminal, that is, a large number of rectangular button-type drawing areas linked to specific functions are provided. The user can quickly execute the target function by arranging and touching the icon.

  In modern computers including these multi-function information terminals, resources such as programs (for example, music playback programs) and data (for example, one piece of music data) that realize functions are tangible into files in the file system. Each icon on the display is associated with a specific file, and when the user touches the specific icon, the corresponding file is read onto the memory and executed by the CPU. If the resource associated with the icon is specific data, a program for reading the data is started based on the extension and header information of the file. As described above, in the function execution system using conventional icons, one icon is linked to one function. Therefore, the number of icons on the display indicates the number of functions on the terminal that can be used by the user. The number is determined.

  On the other hand, the number of applications, that is, the number of terminal functions included in one terminal has been dramatically increased as the number of functions of information terminals has increased. Along with this, the number of icons placed on the display also increases, and in some cases, it extends over a plurality of pages, causing a problem that the usability is deteriorated.

  As a method of dealing with such a problem, for example, (1) a method of preparing an icon for grouping icons and displaying the icon belonging to this group icon when the group icon is selected, (2) in the operating system A method is known in which icons are arranged by category on a plurality of switchable virtual desktops to be realized and the desktops are switched.

  In connection with this case, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for displaying information related to an icon on a display so that the user can check it. Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for adjusting the display position of an icon on a display.

JP 2010-147683 A JP 2009-87095 A

  However, in these techniques, the hierarchy until reaching the icon linked to the target function, that is, the operation step of the user is eventually increased. In addition, since the icon is still associated with a specific function, various operations on the information represented by the icon cannot be realized.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and allows a user to select various operations for one icon by associating a plurality of actions related to the function of the terminal with a single icon. Thus, an object of the present invention is to provide a multi-function information terminal that improves its convenience and an operation method thereof.

  The multi-function information terminal of the present invention creates a display for displaying information and an image mark on the display for the user to execute a function related to arbitrary information in the context of a specific function in the multi-function information terminal. An image title creating means for enabling the user to extract a plurality of actions for the context of the image title based on an operation on the image title by the user, and displaying a choice of the actions on the display; Control means for executing the selected action based on an operation on the displayed action option.

  The present invention further includes a data table for storing the information and context of the image title created by the image title creation means, and the display means is configured to store the data table based on an operation on the image title by a user. The information and context of the image title are extracted from the information, and a plurality of actions for the context of the image title are extracted based on the information, and the options of the actions are displayed on the display.

  The present invention further includes, for each function context included in the multi-function information terminal, a data table that stores a plurality of actions that the user would desire in the context, and the display means includes the user by the user Based on the operation for the image title, a plurality of actions for the context of the image title are extracted from the data table, and options for these actions are displayed on the display.

  In this case, it is preferable that the image title generated by the image title creating means includes an index representing the context of the function in the image title.

  In addition, the action options displayed on the display means include optional information options having a plurality of actions, and the display means displays the action options on the display by the selection of the options. Further, the display means preferably displays the display of the image mark related to the information when an option of any information having the plurality of actions is selected. It further has a means to change.

  The present invention further includes operation history recording means for recording a user's operation history with respect to the image title in the multi-function information terminal, and the display means extracts a plurality of information based on the recorded operation history. The action is determined.

  In these multi-function information terminals, the context of the function is execution of an application program built in the terminal, for example, travel support navigation of a moving body in the multi-function information terminal and its facility registration or facility search, music playback, video Includes playback, address book search, etc. Moreover, it is preferable that arbitrary information related to the image title is composed of an arbitrary character string.

  Preferably, the display means displays the action options in a circle around the image title.

  Preferably, the multi-function information terminal further includes a touch panel arranged on the display, and the display means selects the action options based on a touch operation on the image mark by a user. It is displayed around the periphery, and the control means causes the selected action to be executed based on a touch operation on one of the action options by the user.

  In addition, the present invention is an operation method in a multi-function information terminal having a display for displaying information, in which a user executes a function related to arbitrary information in the context of a specific function in the multi-function information terminal. An image mark creating step for creating an image mark on the display, and a display step for extracting a plurality of actions for the context of the image mark based on a user's operation on the image mark and displaying options for those actions on the display And a control step for executing the selected action based on an operation on the displayed action option by the user.

  Furthermore, the present invention is an operation program in a multi-function information terminal having a display for displaying information, for a user to execute a function related to arbitrary information in the context of a specific function in the multi-function information terminal. An image mark creating step for creating an image mark on the display, and a display step for extracting a plurality of actions for the context of the image mark based on a user's operation on the image mark and displaying options for those actions on the display And a control step for executing the selected action based on an operation on the displayed action option by the user.

  According to the present invention, each image mark is created in the context of a specific function and is linked to a plurality of actions, so that the user can realize various actions for one image mark. The operability is greatly improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the multifunctional information terminal which concerns on the Example of this invention. An example of the data structure of the icon information table 115 is shown. An example of the data structure of the action data table 116 is shown. An example of action options for the context of a navigation program is shown. 3 shows an example of action options for the context of a music playback program. 3 shows an example of action options for the context of a video playback program. Fig. 5 illustrates an example of action options for an address book program context. An example of the data structure of the operation history table 117 is shown. The flowchart which concerns on the process sequence at the time of icon preparation is shown. The flowchart of the process at the time of operation with respect to an icon is shown. The display mode of the icon in the display 101 of a multifunctional information terminal is shown. An example of action options displayed for each context is shown. A display example (A) of an action when the operation history is not taken into account is compared with an example of display of actions (B) and (C) when the operation history is taken into consideration. It is a block diagram which shows the typical hardware constitutions of a multifunctional information terminal.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail by taking a portable multi-function information terminal provided with a touch panel display as an example. In addition, the image mark for executing a function relating to arbitrary information in the present invention is a mark including a so-called icon, a shortcut key, and the like. In the embodiment, an icon is mainly exemplified.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a multifunction information terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a multi-function information terminal 100 is provided on a touch panel display 101 composed of a liquid crystal display having a touch panel module disposed on its surface, an application program group 102 for realizing the functions of the multi-function information terminal, and the display 101. An icon that is an image mark including a shortcut key and the like is formed, and an icon operation control unit 103 for realizing the function and a data store 104 that stores various kinds of information related to the execution of the icon are configured.

  The application program group 102 includes a music program for reproducing music data or video data stored in a navigation program 106 for supporting driving of a moving object, a built-in memory, an external memory and / or a server on a wide area network. A program 107 and a video reproduction program 108, an address book program 109 for managing e-mail addresses, addresses, telephone numbers and other personal information, and a search for a specified word by accessing the WWW (World Wide Web) A web search program 110 is included. As will be described later, the multi-function information terminal 100 includes a wireless network interface for connecting to the Internet and an I / O interface for connecting to a desktop computer called a mother ship. However, it is possible to install various application programs later and add functions, and the application programs listed here are only examples. The multi-function information terminal 100 includes various hardware configurations for causing each application program to function, or is used by being connected to a device including such hardware. For example, regarding the navigation program 106, the multifunction information terminal 100 may include a hardware configuration such as a GPS receiver for acquiring own vehicle position information, a VICS receiver for acquiring road traffic information, and the like. It may be mounted on a vehicle and used by connecting to a navigation device having such a function.

  The icon operation control unit 103 is mainly realized by a program that is read out on a memory and executed by a CPU. As an implementation function thereof, an icon creation unit 111, an action display unit 112, an action execution control unit 113, and an operation history recording Part 114. The icon operation control unit 103 accesses the data store 104 in the course of execution, acquires necessary data from the data table, that is, the icon information table 115, the action data table 116, and the operation history table 117, and generates Stored data.

  Here, the icon creation unit 111 provides a function for generating an icon on the touch panel display 101 based on a user instruction. The creation of an icon is started when the user touches an icon creation button displayed on the display 101 while the user is activating a specific application of the multi-function information terminal 100. That is, the icon creation unit 111 includes an icon creation button that is displayed in the context of a specific function. Although specific processing for creating an icon will be described later, an icon created based on a user instruction has arbitrary character information and information related to the context at the time of creation. It is stored in the table 115. The icon created by the icon creation unit 111 includes at least the character information and context related information as a display mode. A specific display example in this embodiment will be described later.

  The arbitrary character information is determined by the system preparing a default value according to the context at the time of creation and editing the user as necessary. The function context referred to here has the same meaning as the operation state of the multi-function information terminal 100 at the time of icon creation. For example, when the user is instructing to create an icon while executing the navigation program, When the navigation program is a context and an icon creation instruction is given during music playback, the music playback program is the context. Further, when an icon is created in a situation where a peripheral facility search is being executed in the navigation program, the peripheral facility search in the navigation program can be recorded as the context.

  The action display unit 112 is activated in response to a user touching an icon on the display, and draws and displays a plurality of corresponding action options on the display. Action options to be displayed are determined based on information stored in the action data table 116 and the operation history table 117 of the data store 104. In the action data table 116, choices related to a plurality of predetermined actions are determined and stored in advance for each function context, and the action display unit 112 uses the context of the touched icon as a key. Extract multiple actions to perform. At this time, the action display unit 112 accesses the icon information table 115 of the data store 104 and acquires the context and information of the corresponding icon. The action display unit 112 also determines an action to be finally displayed based on the operation history information stored in the operation history table 117. Details thereof will be described later.

  In one embodiment of the display, the options are substantially square buttons that are arranged circumferentially around the icon of interest. However, the display modes such as the arrangement, shape, number, size, etc. are not limited, and various types can be considered according to the required specifications on the multifunction information terminal side. A specific display mode in the present embodiment will be described later.

  The action execution control unit 113 causes the user to execute a corresponding action according to an operation for selecting one of the displayed action options. For example, when the action selected by the user is the reproduction of the music of the artist specified by the icon information, the action execution control unit 113 activates the music reproduction program 107 to reproduce the music of the artist. When the action selected by the user is a peripheral search for the facility specified by the icon information, the action execution control unit 113 activates the navigation program 106 to execute the peripheral search for the facility.

  The operation history recording unit 114 records a user operation history for the icon in the operation history table 117 of the data store 104. Specifically, the operation history recording unit 114 records the action selected by the user for the target icon and the selection date / time in the operation history table 117. These pieces of information recorded in the operation history table 117 are used for determining an action selected in the action display unit 112. That is, the action display unit 112 aggregates information in the operation history table 117, and finally determines an action option to be displayed on the display from the actions extracted from the action data table 116 using a statistical technique. In one embodiment, the action display unit 112 preferentially selects an action with a high frequency of selection by the user and / or an action most recently selected by the user from the actions related to the icon. In addition, it is possible to display actions that are highly related to actions that are frequently selected by the user, together with actions that are frequently selected. Specific examples thereof will be described later.

  Next, the data structure of each table 115 to 117 in the data store 104 will be described. FIG. 2 shows an example of the data structure of the icon information table 115. In the figure, the icon information table 115 has at least a unique icon ID assigned to each icon, a character string assigned to the icon, a creation context name of the icon, and other attribute information as its fields. The attribute information includes, for example, coordinate information on the display, image data path, creation date and time, and the like. The data of the icon information table 115 is exclusively read out by the action display unit 112 and used to determine the context of the icon operated by the user, and the character string information is stored in the action execution control unit 113. Passed to the program called by.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the data structure of the action data table 116. In the figure, an action data table 116 includes a context table 301 having a field for storing at least a context name and an action table 302 having a field for storing at least an action name, which are associated in a one-to-many relationship. . Once a particular context is determined, these tables can extract multiple actions for that context.

  4 to 7 show examples of specific actions stored in the action data table 116 for each context, and a navigation program, a music playback program, a video playback program, and an address book program, respectively. , Each context. In FIG. 4, as actions for the context of the navigation program, “Web information search”, “peripheral facility search” by multiple methods, “registered facility display”, “call”, “browsing store information”, “via location” “Setting” is exemplified. In FIG. 5, “playback of music”, “Web information search”, “Web radio broadcast playback”, and “Web video search” are illustrated as actions for the context of the music playback program. In FIG. 6, “recorded content playback”, “Web information search”, “related music playback”, and “surrounding facility search” are illustrated as actions for the context of the video playback program. In FIG. 7, “call”, “send message”, “destination setting”, and “Web information search” are illustrated as actions for the context of the address book program. These actions are preferably selected from the functions of the terminal in view of the functions of the multi-function information terminal, and are not limited to the context. .

  FIG. 8 shows an example of the data structure of the operation history table 117. In the figure, the operation history table 7 has at least a unique icon ID assigned to each icon, a selected action name, and a selection date and time as its fields. As described above, these pieces of information in the operation history table 117 are aggregated in the action display unit 112, analyzed by a statistical method, and used.

  Next, an icon creation process by the icon creation unit 111 will be described. FIG. 9 shows a flowchart relating to a processing procedure when creating an icon. In the figure, the processing of the icon creation unit 111 is started by touching an icon creation button displayed on the display in a situation where the user is using an arbitrary context, for example, a navigation program (step S901). . In response to this user operation, the system first displays a dialog box for inputting character string information related to the icon to be created on the display 101 (step S902). In the character string input area in the dialog box, an arbitrary character string can be set in advance as a default value by the system. This default value can be determined based on the operation the user has just performed and its context. For example, if the user has executed a nearby facility search for a specific facility in the navigation program immediately before, the facility name can be set as a default value. In addition, when the user is playing a song of a specific artist by the music playing program, the artist name can be set as a default value.

  When the user's character string input to the displayed dialog box is completed (step S903), the system generates an icon image based on the character string and context (step S904). As an example, an icon is created by extracting image data of a corresponding context from an image data group having a different background image for each context, and drawing a character string specified by the user on top of it. can do. Next, after the character string and context information relating to the icon are recorded in the icon information table 115 (step S905), the image of the icon is drawn on the display 101 and the process is terminated (step S906).

  Next, processing when the user performs a touch operation on the created icon will be described. FIG. 10 shows a flowchart of processing when an icon is operated. In the figure, the process starts when the user touches a specific icon on the display 101 (step S1001). In the first process, the system accesses the icon information table 115 based on the ID information of the touched icon, and acquires the character string and context information (step S1002). Next, the action data table 116 is accessed to read a plurality of actions related to the context of the icon (step S1003), and the operation history table 117 is accessed to acquire the user operation history for the icon (step S1004). ). Then, in consideration of the history information, a plurality of actions (four actions in the example described later) to be finally displayed on the display are determined (step S1005), and options related to the determined actions are drawn and generated. Then, it is displayed around the icon on the display 101 (step S1006).

  When the user selects a specific action for the displayed action option (step S1007), it is determined whether the action is to display a further action option (step S1008). If the selected action is such an action, the process returns to step 1003, and the processes 1003 to 1006 are repeated for a new character string related to the action. When the selected action is an action other than this, the corresponding application program for realizing the action is called, and the character string information related to the icon is passed to the program, and the action is It is executed (step S1009). As described above, the display on the display 101 is transitioned to that for displaying the execution result of the action by the program, and this processing ends.

  FIG. 11 shows a display mode of icons according to the present embodiment on the display 101 of the multifunction information terminal. FIG. 6A shows a state in which a navigation program is started in the multifunction information terminal and detailed information of the registration point A on the guidance route is displayed. On the detailed information display dialog 1101, A state in which a button 1102 for creating an icon is drawn is shown. When the user touches this button 1102, the process for creating the icon described in FIG. 9 is started, the navigation program is set as the context, and the name of the facility is set as the default value of the character string information. The

  FIG. 5B shows a state in which icons created by the icon creation unit 111 are drawn in alignment on the display 101. Each icon 1103 includes an image representing the context and text representing a character string as a display mode. FIG. 5C shows a state in which the option 1104 related to the corresponding action is displayed around the icon when the user touches the icon. The user can select a desired action by touching the icon, that is, by flicking the fingertip to any one of up, down, left and right from the state in which the fingertip is in contact with the icon. Alternatively, the action with the highest priority (for example, music playback in the context of a music playback program) can be performed by releasing the fingertip without flicking. However, the present invention is not limited by the display mode of the icon and its action, and various display methods using existing technology can be adopted.

  FIG. 12 shows an example of action options displayed for each context. FIG. 6A illustrates action options for an icon related to the character string “Lady Gaga” registered in the context of the music playback program. By the flick operation, the user can select each action of “Search on the Web”, “Search from broadcast”, “Search for video”, or “Delete” for “Lady Gaga”, and without flicking. By releasing your finger, you can start the music playback program and play the song “Lady Gaga”. Here, the “search on the Web” action searches information about “Lady Gaga” using the set Web search engine, and the “search from broadcast” action is a broadcast such as Internet radio. The music related to the artist is found and played from the station, and the action of “Find Video” is to access one or more set video playback sites to find and play the video related to “Lady Gaga”. The “delete” action deletes the icon from the display 101.

  FIG. 5B illustrates action options for the icon relating to the character string “travel monkey” registered in the context of the video playback program. By flicking, the user can select the action “Find related points”, “Find related content”, “Find music”, or “Delete” for “Travel monkey”. By releasing the finger without starting, it is possible to start the video playback program and play back the recorded or broadcast content related to the “Trip”. Here, the action of “Find related point” starts the navigation program, searches for the place or shop featured in the program, registers the point, and the action of “Find related content” The search for video, text information and other contents related to the program is performed using a Web search engine, and the action of “Find Music” is used to select the inserted song of the program as a music playback program, Internet radio, etc. Find from the broadcasting station and play it.

  FIG. 5C illustrates action options for the icon relating to the character string “Noodle shop Musashi” registered in the context of the navigation program. By flicking, the user can select “Search Menu / Opening Time”, “Find Nearby Recommendations”, “Make a Call”, or “Delete” action for “Menya Musashi” Further, by releasing the finger without flicking, a store related to “Noodle shop Musashi” that has already been registered in the navigation program can be set as the destination. Here, the action of “search for menu / opening time” is to search information about “noodle shop Musashi” using the set web search engine, and the action of “search for nearby recommendations” Use the restaurant comparison evaluation program installed on the terminal to find a store with a rating higher than this restaurant, and the “call” action is related to “Menya Musashi” registered in the navigation program. Use the store information to call the store.

  FIG. 4D illustrates action options for the icon relating to the character string “Taro Fukushima” registered in the context of the address book program. By the flick operation, the user can select the actions “Check SNS”, “Send a message”, “Visit home”, or “Delete” for “Taro Fukushima”. By releasing, you can start the address book program and call the entry related to “Taro Fukushima” registered there. Here, the “confirm SNS” action obtains the information of the user “Taro Fukushima” from a registered SNS (Social Networking Service) service site on the Web, and “Message The “Send” action uses a registered message service such as email or SMS (Short Message Service), sends a message to “Taro Fukushima” registered there, and the “Visit home” action Activates the navigation program and sets its guidance destination to the address specified by “Taro Fukushima”.

  FIG. 5E illustrates action options for the icon relating to the character string “7-11” registered in the context of the navigation program. In this example, the selection of a specific action is represented that gives rise to a new action option. As shown in E-1, by flicking the user, for “7-11”, the user selects an action of “Site connection”, “Narrow down by parking”, “Narrow down by region”, or “Shiokura store” It is also possible to start the navigation program by releasing the finger without flicking, and to start the peripheral search for the facility related to “7-11”. Here, the “site connection” action accesses the website “7-11” to display the information, and the “parking is possible and narrowing down” action is performed by the navigation program “7” provided with parking facilities. -11 ”is a search for the neighborhood of the store, and the action“ narrow down by region ”causes the navigation program to perform a neighborhood search after selecting the target region.

  In addition, the action of “Shiokura” displays a new action option for “7-11 Yotsukura” around the icon (E-2). At this time, the text notation on the icon is also preferably switched to “7-11 Yotsukura store”. The user can select “call”, “view information”, “route place setting”, and “return” actions for “7-11 Yotsukura store” by flicking, or without flicking. By releasing the finger, route guidance by the navigation program can be started with “7-11 Yotsukura branch” as the destination.

  Next, a display mode when the user's operation history is taken into account will be described. As described above, the action display unit 112 refers to the operation history of the user stored in the operation history table 117 when determining the action options for the context. FIG. 13 shows an example of action display when the operation history is not taken into account (FIG. 13A), and an example of action display when the operation history is taken into account (FIG. 13B and FIG. 13C). Are shown in comparison.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, when the operation history is not taken into account (for example, the history information is not collected enough or the history function is turned off), the history is generated in the context of the music playback program. For “Lady Gaga”, actions “Search by Web”, “Search from Broadcast”, “Search for Video”, and “Delete” are displayed according to the order in the action data table 116. On the other hand, when the frequency of selection for the action “search from broadcast” is low as seen from the past history, the user displays “display related information” as another option instead of the option (see FIG. B)). On the other hand, if the selection frequency for the “search from broadcast” action is extremely high from the past history, “search from Pandora”, which is an action that reinforces the “search from broadcast” instead of the option with low selection frequency ( Here, Pandora is one of Internet radio broadcasting stations) ((C) in the figure). It should be understood that determination of alternative options by a statistical method using a user's operation history is not limited to the one shown here.

  Next, a hardware configuration of the multifunction information terminal according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a typical hardware configuration of the multifunction information terminal. As shown in the figure, the multi-function information terminal 1400 includes a CPU 1401, a RAM 1402 and a ROM 1403 as main storage devices, an input device 1404 including a touch panel and physical operation buttons, an output device 1405 including a display and a speaker, a hard disk and a semiconductor memory. It includes an auxiliary storage device 1406, an I / O interface 1407 for connecting to computers and other peripheral devices, a wireless network interface 1408 for connecting to the Internet, a GPS receiver 1409 for communicating with GPS satellites, and the like. . The auxiliary storage device 1406 stores an operating system as basic software, an icon operation control program according to the embodiment, the various application programs described above, and various data. These programs and data are read into the RAM 1402 and executed according to control by the CPU 1401 in accordance with user instructions via the touch panel and operation buttons. Icons implemented by the icon operation control program are placed on a virtual desktop generated by the operating system, and operations on the icons are bridged to other application programs and hardware configurations via the operating system and processed. The

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above. However, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the gist of the invention described in the claims. It can be changed.

100: Multi-function information terminal 101: Touch panel display 102: Application program group 103: Icon operation control unit 104: Data store 106: Navigation program 107: Music playback program 108: Video playback program 109: Address book program 110: Web search program 111: Icon creation unit 112: Action display unit 113: Action execution control unit 114: Operation history recording unit 115: Icon information table 116: Action data table 117: Operation history table

Claims (22)

A display for displaying information;
Image mark creation means for enabling a user to create an image mark for executing a function related to arbitrary information in the context of a specific function in a multi-function information terminal;
Display means for extracting a plurality of actions for the context of the image title based on an operation on the image title by the user, and displaying options for those actions on the display;
Control means for executing the selected action based on an operation on the displayed action option by the user ;
The multi-function information terminal , wherein the image title generated by the image title creation means includes an index representing the context in the image title . A data table for storing the information and context of the image mark created by the image mark creating means;
The display means extracts information and context of the image mark from the data table based on an operation on the image mark by a user, and extracts a plurality of actions for the context of the image mark based on the information. The multi-function information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the action options are displayed on a display. For each function context included in the multi-function information terminal, further comprising a data table storing a plurality of actions that the user would desire in the context;
The display means extracts a plurality of actions for the context of the image title from the data table based on an operation on the image title by a user, and displays options for the actions on a display. Or the multifunctional information terminal of 2. The action options displayed on the display means include optional information options having a plurality of actions, and the display means displays the action options on the display by the selection of the options. The multi-function information terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein 5. The multi-display device according to claim 4 , wherein the display unit further includes a unit that changes a display of the image mark to one related to the information when an option of any information including the plurality of actions is selected. Functional information terminal. An operation history recording means for recording a user's operation history for the image title;
The multifunction information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display unit determines a plurality of actions to be extracted based on the recorded operation history. The multifunction information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the context of the function includes travel support navigation of a moving body in the multifunction information terminal. The context of the function includes facility registration or facility search in the travel support navigation of the moving body in the multi-function information terminal,
The multi-function information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of actions with respect to the context include setting of a search condition in the navigation and information search for a facility indicated by information related to the image mark. The context of the function includes music playback in a multifunction information terminal;
The multi-function information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the action for the context includes music reproduction and information retrieval for information related to the image title. The context of the function includes video playback in a multifunction information terminal;
The multi-function information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the action for the context includes video reproduction and information search for information relating to the image title. The context of the function includes an address book search in a multi-function information terminal,
The multi-function information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the action for the context includes information display and call transmission for information relating to the image mark. The multi-function information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the arbitrary information related to the image title is composed of an arbitrary character string. The multifunction information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display means displays the action options in a circle around the image title. Further comprising a touch panel disposed on the display;
The display means is configured to display the action options based on a touch operation with respect to the image mark by a user, around the periphery of the action.
The multi-function information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control means causes the selected action to be executed based on a touch operation on one of the action options by the user. An operation method in a multifunction information terminal having a display for displaying information,
An image mark creating step in which a user creates an image mark on the display for executing a function related to arbitrary information in the context of a specific function in the multi-function information terminal;
Based on an operation performed on the image title by the user, a plurality of actions for the context of the image title are extracted, and a display step for displaying options of these actions on a display;
A control step for executing the selected action based on an operation on the displayed action option by the user ,
An operation method in a multi-function information terminal , wherein the image title generated by the image title creation step includes an index representing a context in the image title . Action options displayed in the display step include optional information options including a plurality of actions, and the display step displays the action options on the display by the selection of the options. The operation method in the multi-function information terminal according to claim 15 . The display step according to claim 16 , further comprising a step of changing the display of the image mark to that related to the information when an option of any information including the plurality of actions is selected. Operation method in the function information terminal. An operation history recording step of recording an operation history of the user with respect to the image title;
The operation method in the multi-function information terminal according to claim 15 , wherein the displaying step determines a plurality of actions to be extracted based on the recorded operation history. An operation program in a multifunction information terminal having a display for displaying information,
An image mark creating step in which a user creates an image mark on the display for executing a function related to arbitrary information in the context of a specific function in the multi-function information terminal;
Based on an operation performed on the image title by the user, a plurality of actions for the context of the image title are extracted, and a display step for displaying options of these actions on a display;
A control step for executing the selected action based on an operation on the displayed action option by the user ,
An operation program in a multi-function information terminal , wherein the image title generated by the image title creation step includes an index representing a context in the image title . Action options displayed in the display step include optional information options including a plurality of actions, and the display step displays the action options on the display by the selection of the options. The operation program in the multi-function information terminal according to claim 19 . 21. The multiple display according to claim 20 , wherein the display step further includes a step of changing the display of the image mark to that related to the information when an option of any information including the plurality of actions is selected. Operation method in the function information terminal. An operation history recording step of recording an operation history of the user with respect to the image title;
The operation program in the multifunction information terminal according to claim 19 , wherein the display step determines a plurality of actions to be extracted based on the recorded operation history.

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