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FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

  • US 20100146450A1
  • Filed: 12/07/2009
  • Published: 06/10/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A file management apparatus comprising:

  • a storage device that stores therein pieces of file management information, each of which serves as a unit for managing files, and files managed by each piece of the file management information, in an associated manner;

    a first display control unit that displays respective symbol images of the files in a matrix form on a display unit;

    a receiving unit that receives information corresponding to operation performed by a user;

    a second display control unit that displays, upon receiving a command for selecting one symbol image from among the symbol images displayed on the display unit, thumbnail images of respective files that are stored in association with a piece of the file management information that is corresponding to the selected symbol image, on the display unit; and

    a third display control unit that displays information at a position adjacent to the thumbnail images being displayed on the display unit, wherein the information indicates a symbol image arranged adjacent to a symbol image corresponding to the thumbnail images being displayed among the symbol images displayed by the first display control unit.

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