Portable terminal apparatus, information processing apparatus, character input method, and recording medium

摘要

A portable terminal apparatus includes an access portion that enables access to an information processing apparatus; an image obtaining portion that obtains an image of a character input tool, a transmitter that transmits the image of the character input tool to the information processing apparatus; a receiver that receives touched key information from the information processing apparatus, and a character identification portion that identifies a character on the basis of the touched key information received by the receiver, wherein the image obtaining portion obtains a different image of the character input tool upon each change to a screen appearance of the character input tool or upon each receipt of the touched key information and the transmitter transmits the different image of the character input tool and character information to the information processing apparatus.

主权项

1. A portable terminal apparatus comprising:
an access portion that enables access to an information processing apparatus; an image obtaining portion that obtains an image of a character input tool upon receipt of a request from the information processing apparatus being accessed by the portable terminal apparatus, the character input tool being installed on the portable terminal apparatus, the character input tool having a plurality of character keys; a transmitter that transmits the image of the character input tool to the information processing apparatus, the image being obtained by the image obtaining portion; a receiver that receives touched key information from the information processing apparatus when a user touches a character key of the character input tool displayed on a touch-panel display portion of the information processing apparatus, the touch-panel display portion displaying the image of the character input tool along with a character input area, the image being transmitted to the information processing apparatus by the transmitter; and a character identification portion that identifies a character on the basis of the touched key information received by the receiver, the character corresponding to the touched character key,wherein the image obtaining portion obtains a different image of the character input tool upon each change to a screen appearance of the character input tool or upon each receipt of the touched key information and the transmitter transmits the different image of the character input tool and character information to the information processing apparatus, the different image being obtained by the image obtaining portion, the character information representing the character identified by the character identification portion.