Appeal No. 96-3561
Application No. 08/045,241
withdrawn as a result of a restriction requirement and claim
34 has been canceled.
The invention is directed to an information processing
system which displays an appearance change of the apparatus as
graphic data in accordance with change of operation modes.
More particularly, the shape of an icon changes when the
information processing device is operated in each of a
plurality of operation modes so that the appearance of the
icon always corresponds to the overall appearance of the
information processing device.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. An information processing system comprising:
an information processing device which has a plurality of
operation modes and whose appearance is changed in accordance
with a change of operation mode:
a memory means for memorizing graphic data, said graphic
data representing each operating mode as an overall appearance
of said information processing device in each operation mode;
and
a display means for reading out a graphic data,
corresponding to an operation mode of the information
processing device, from said memory means and displaying it on
a display screen thereof as an icon;
2
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