File handling device, and a recording medium storing a file handling program
US6393429B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 13, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99945
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A file handling device designed to improve the efficiency of file selection in a GUI environment. When a menu is opened with a file, a folder or an icon selected in a file menu, a file selection screen, a folder tree menu or a file browser or with an icon on the desktop selected, file menu item creation/display unit, file selection screen item creation/display means, folder tree item creation/display unit and file/icon menu item creation/display unit read out data set by means of environment setting unit and stored in settings storing unit, as well as history data stored in history storing unit, and additionally display the read data in the menu or the like. At the time of drag-and-drop operation, drop list window creation/display unit reads out the set data and the history data and displays a list of the read data in a drop list window.
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