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Data processing device with means for displaying files in accordance with applications with which the files can be read

  • US 5,668,960 A
  • Filed: 11/29/1995
  • Issued: 09/16/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A data processing device comprising:

  • a plurality of applications;

    a data entry device for entering data;

    a display device for displaying said entered data;

    a data storage device for storing said data as files, each of said files having a file name and an extension name, said extension name being indicative of an application with which said file can be read;

    an index actuator for initiating a display of an index of said file names of said files stored in said storage device on said display device;

    wherein each of said files has a file name and an extension name,means for arranging said index of said file names in a plurality of windows displayed on said display device, said plurality of windows being in one-to-one correspondence with said plurality of applications each of said windows containing an index of said file names having a similar extension, said windows arranged to partially overlap each other,said arranging means further arranging one of said windows which contains an index of said file names having an extension corresponding to files readable by a currently operating application, to be displayed in front of the other of said windows.

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