METHOD FOR RETRIEVING FILE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20140157146A1
• Filed: 12/04/2013
• Published: 06/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SHIN, Sang-Min
• Application Number:
  US14/096,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20140157146A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2206/1008 Graphical user interface [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0643 Management of files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0671 In-line storage system

Abstract

A method for retrieving a file and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes a menu selection for retrieving a file is detected. Upon the menu selection being detected, a file retrieve window including at least one icon one-to-one mapped to a most recently operated file is displayed.

Claims

1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

detecting menu selection for retrieving a file; and

upon the detecting of the menu selection, displaying a file retrieve window comprising at least one icon one-to-one mapped to a most recently operated file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the most recently operated file comprises at least one of a most recently accessed file and a most recently stored file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting of the menu selection for the retrieving of the file comprises detecting selection of one of a file attach menu and a file load menu.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon detecting selection of the icon displayed on the file retrieve window, selecting a most recently accessed file in the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon detecting selection of the icon displayed on the file retrieve window, selecting a most recently stored file in the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the file retrieve window comprising the at least one icon one-to-one mapped to the most recently operated file comprises:

determining, at the electronic device, the most recently operated file;

one-to-one mapping the determined file to the icon; and

displaying the file retrieve window comprising the icon one-to-one mapped to the determined file.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon detecting selection of the icon displayed on the file retrieve window, attaching the file mapped to the icon to a program being executed.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon detecting selection of the icon displayed on the file retrieve window, executing the file mapped to the icon using a program being executed.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs comprising instructions for, when executed by an electronic device, allowing the electronic device to perform the method of claim 1.

10. An electronic device for retrieving a file, the electronic device comprising:

one or more processors;

an Input/Output (I/O) unit;

a memory; and

one or more programs stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors,

wherein the one or more programs comprise an instruction for detecting menu selection for retrieving a file, and upon the detecting of the menu selection, for displaying a file retrieve window comprising at least one icon one-to-one mapped to a most recently operated file.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the most recently operated file comprises at least one of a most recently accessed file and a most recently stored file.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the one or more programs comprise an instruction for detecting selection of one of a file attach menu and a file load menu in order to retrieve the file.

13. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the one or more programs further comprise an instruction for selecting a most recently accessed file in the electronic device upon selection of the icon displayed on the file retrieve window being detected.

14. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the one or more programs further comprise an instruction for selecting a most recently stored file in the electronic device upon selection of the icon displayed on the file retrieve window being detected.

15. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the one or more programs further comprise an instruction for determining the most recently operated file in the electronic device, for one-to-one mapping the determined file to the icon, and for displaying the file retrieve window comprising the icon one-to-one mapped to the determined file.

16. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the one or more programs further comprise an instruction for attaching the file mapped to the icon to a program being executed upon selection of the icon displayed on the file retrieve window being detected.

17. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the one or more programs further comprise an instruction for executing the file mapped to the icon using a program being executed upon selection of the icon displayed on the file retrieve window being detected.