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Electronic apparatus and method for managing content

  • US 10,296,170 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2016
  • Issued: 05/21/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

  • a display;

    a storage that stores a first content, a second content, a third content, and a fourth content, the first content being created by a first application in a first time period, the second content being created by a second application different from the first application in the first time period, the third content being created by the first application in a second time period after the first time period, the fourth content being created by the second application in the second time period; and

    a hardware processor that displays on the display a first thumbnail of the first content, a second thumbnail of the second content, a third thumbnail of the third content and a fourth thumbnail of the fourth content, on the basis of the first application,wherein;

    the first application is one of an application to input handwriting, an application to capture an image, an application to record voice, and an application to clip a part of a document, and has a function for cooperating with the second application;

    the second application is another one of the application to input handwriting, the application to capture an image, the application to record voice and the application to clip a part of a document;

    the second application is different from the first application;

    the first to fourth thumbnails are arranged two-dimensionally according to a first direction and a second direction;

    the first direction represents a chronological order;

    the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction;

    both the first and second thumbnails are arranged in accordance with a first display region on the first direction;

    both the third and fourth thumbnails are arranged in accordance with a second display region on the first direction, the second display region being adjacent to the first display region;

    the first and second thumbnails are arranged along a second direction;

    the third and fourth thumbnails are arranged along the second direction,the second application has a function of saving the second content and the fourth content into a first storage region for the second application in the storage, and a function of saving a copy of the second content and a copy of the fourth content into a second storage region in the storage, the second storage region being a storage region that is shared by the first application and the second application,the first application has a function of obtaining the copy of the second content and the copy of the fourth content that are saved into the second storage region, a function of saving the copy of the second content and the copy of the fourth content into a third storage region for the first application in the storage, a function of displaying the first thumbnail of the first content that is created by the first application in the first time period and the second thumbnail of the second content that is created by the second application in the first time period on the first display region in a chronological order, and a function of displaying the third thumbnail of the third content that is created by the first application in the second time period and the fourth thumbnail of the fourth content that is created by the second application in the second time period on the second display region in a chronological order, the first thumbnail, the second thumbnail, the third thumbnail, and the fourth thumbnail being displayed two-dimensionally, andthe functions of the first and second application are executed by the hardware processor.

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