Information management program product allowing enhanced searchability
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1. An information management program product causing a computer to execute an information management process comprising the steps of:
- generating thumbnail data based on a data file and employed to display a thumbnail indicating said data file;
designating a size of said thumbnail; and
determining a thumbnail range serving as a range of said thumbnail data that is displayed as said thumbnail, said thumbnail range being determined as based on a predetermined size of an area displaying a single thumbnail, and a magnification of content displayed as said thumbnail that corresponds to said size of said thumbnail designated in the step of designating.
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Abstract
When thumbnails displayed indicating document files stored in a database are changed in size to “large” the thumbnails all have their respective thumbnail frames unchanged in size and the number of thumbnails displayed is also unchanged while the thumbnailed and thus displayed document files have their respective thumbnails ranges reduced and displayed under increased magnification.
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1. An information management program product causing a computer to execute an information management process comprising the steps of:
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generating thumbnail data based on a data file and employed to display a thumbnail indicating said data file;
designating a size of said thumbnail; and
determining a thumbnail range serving as a range of said thumbnail data that is displayed as said thumbnail, said thumbnail range being determined as based on a predetermined size of an area displaying a single thumbnail, and a magnification of content displayed as said thumbnail that corresponds to said size of said thumbnail designated in the step of designating. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A program product causing a computer to execute an information management process comprising the steps of:
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generating first thumbnail data based on a first data file and employed to display a first thumbnail indicating said first data file, and second thumbnail data based on a second data file and employed to display a second thumbnail indicating said second data file;
determining a first thumbnail range serving as a range of said first thumbnail data that is displayed as said first thumbnail, and a second thumbnail range serving as a range of said second thumbnail data that is displayed as said second thumbnail;
detecting for said first thumbnail displayed an instruction indicating that said first thumbnail range should be shifted; and
shifting said first thumbnail range and said second thumbnail range in response to said instruction detected in the step of detecting. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A program product causing a computer to execute an information management process comprising the steps of:
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generating thumbnail data based on a data file and employed to display a thumbnail indicating said data file;
determining a thumbnail range serving as a range of said thumbnail data that is displayed as said thumbnail; and
entering an instruction to turn to a subsequent page a thumbnail range of said thumbnail displayed, wherein if in the step of determining, a displayed thumbnail indicating a data file having more than one page currently displays a page of said data file followed by any subsequent page of said thumbnail range, then in response to said instruction the subsequent page is determined as said thumbnail range. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A program product causing a computer to execute an information management process comprising the steps of:
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displaying in a thumbnail at least one data file having more than one page by using said page;
receiving an instruction indicating that for said thumbnail displayed, a page should be turned; and
changing said data file'"'"'s thumbnailed and displayed portion in response to said instruction from a currently displayed page to a subsequent page. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A program product causing a computer to execute an information management process comprising the steps of
displaying a first thumbnail based on a first data file and indicating said first data file; -
displaying a second data file based on a second data file and indicating said second data file;
detecting for said first thumbnail displayed an instruction indicating that a range to be displayed should be shifted; and
shifting a range of said second thumbnail to be displayed as based on said instruction detected in the step of detecting.
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12. An information management apparatus comprising:
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a thumbnail generator generating thumbnail data from a data file for displaying a thumbnail indicating said data file;
a designator designating a size of said thumbnail; and
a thumbnail range determiner determining a thumbnail range serving as a range of said thumbnail data that is displayed as said thumbnail, said thumbnail range being determined as based on a predetermined size of an area displaying a single thumbnail, and a magnification of content displayed as said thumbnail that corresponds to said size of said thumbnail designated by said designator. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. An information management apparatus comprising:
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a thumbnail generator generating first thumbnail data based on a first data file and employed to display a first thumbnail indicating said first data file, and second thumbnail data based on a second data file and employed to display a second thumbnail indicating said second data file;
a thumbnail range determiner determining a first thumbnail range serving as a range of said first thumbnail data that is displayed as said first thumbnail, and a second thumbnail range serving as a range of said second thumbnail data that is displayed as said second thumbnail;
a detector detecting for said first thumbnail displayed an instruction indicating that said first thumbnail range should be shifted; and
a shifter shifting said first thumbnail range and said second thumbnail range in response to said instruction detected by said detector. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. An information management apparatus comprising:
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a thumbnail generator generating thumbnail data based on a data file and employed to display a thumbnail indicating said data file;
a thumbnail range determiner determining a thumbnail range serving as a range of said thumbnail data that is displayed as said thumbnail; and
an indicator entering an instruction indicating that said thumbnail'"'"'s displayed thumbnail range should be turned to a subsequent page, wherein if a displayed thumbnail indicating a data file having more than one page currently displays a page of said data file followed by any subsequent page of said thumbnail range, then in response to said instruction said thumbnail range determiner determines the subsequent page as said thumbnail range. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An information management apparatus comprising:
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a display displaying in a thumbnail at least one data file having more than one page by using said page;
an indicator receiving an instruction indicating that for said thumbnail displayed, a page should be turned; and
a changer operative in response to said instruction to change said data file'"'"'s thumbnailed and displayed portion from a currently displayed page to a subsequent page. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. An information management apparatus comprising:
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a first display displaying a first thumbnail based on a first data file and indicating said first data file;
a second display displaying a second data file based on a second data file and indicating said second data file;
a detector detecting for said first thumbnail displayed an instruction indicating that a range to be displayed should be shifted; and
a shifter shifting a range of said second thumbnail to be displayed as based on said instruction detected in the step of detecting.
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