FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD

• US 20090037383A1
• Filed: 07/14/2008
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Hyung-jong
• Granted Patent: US 8,782,044 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156

Abstract

A file management apparatus includes a storage unit to store a binder to bind one or more files, and a controller to provide a file management window including a binder display field, and to support a function of searching for the stored binder using the file management window. Therefore, files are bound through the binder display field to manage and search for files. Accordingly, utility of binders may increase.

Claims

1. A file management apparatus, comprising:

a storage unit to store a binder to bind one or more files; and

a controller to provide a file management window including a binder display field, and to support a function of searching for the stored binder using the file management window.

2. The file management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller provides on the file management window an information input menu through which a user can input binder information corresponding to a binder the user wishes to search for,

wherein if the binder information is input through the information input menu, the controller searches for binders corresponding to the input binder information from the storage unit and displays binders as a result of the search in the binder display field.

3. The file management apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if at least one binder is selected from the binder display field, the controller displays on the file management window a file information display field to display information pertaining to files in the selected binder.

4. The file management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller provides a file display field together with the binder display field in the file management window, and binds files selected from the file display field into the binder selected from the binder display field.

5. The file management apparatus of claim 1, wherein only file information indicating file attributes is bound in the binder.

6. A file management method of a file management apparatus, the method comprising:

providing a file management window including a binder display field; and

searching for pre-stored binders using binder information input using the file management window.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the searching comprises:

providing in the file management window an information input menu through which a user can input binder information corresponding to a binder the user wishes to search for; and

if the binder information is input through the information input menu, searching for a binder corresponding to the input binder information.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

displaying binders as a result of the search in the binder display field.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

if at least one binder is selected from the binder display field, displaying on the file management window a file information display field to display information pertaining to files in the selected binder.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the providing comprises:

generating a file display field together with the binder display field on the file management window.

11. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

binding files selected from the file display field into the binder selected from the binder display field.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein only file information indicating file attributes is bound in the binder.

13. A graphical user interface (GUI) usable with a file management apparatus, the GUI comprising:

a file display field to display files in the file management apparatus;

a binder display field to display binders to bind and to manage the files;

an information input menu field to input information for which to search; and

a file classification field to classify the files corresponding to a selection of one or more sub-fields.

14. The GUI of claim 13, further comprising:

a file information display field to display file information on the files in the respective binders.

15. The GUI of claim 14, wherein shortcut information is included with the respective binder of bound files.

16. The GUI of claim 15, wherein the shortcut information comprises:

one or more of a storage location, a name, a generation date, a format and a first page image.

17. A file management apparatus, comprising:

a storage unit to store files; and

a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising;

a file display field to display files stored in the storage unit;

a binder display field to display binders to bind and to manage the files;

an information input menu field to input information for which to search; and

a file classification field to classify the files corresponding to a selection of one or more sub-fields.

18. A binder generation method of a file management apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying a file management window having a file display field and a binder display field;

selecting files from the file display field to bind the files in one or more binders; and

binding the selected files into the respective one or more binders.

19. A computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program to execute a method, wherein the method comprises:

displaying a file management window having a file display field and a binder display field;

selecting files from the file display field to bind the files in one or more binders; and

binding the selected files into the respective one or more binders.