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Electronic device and file management method

US8521791B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 2011
Grant dateAug 27, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a file management method of an electronic device, multi-touch operations on a touch screen of the electronic device is detected in real-time. File attributes of operating objects of the electronic device that are selected by a multi-touch operation are acquired, and a file type is determined for each of the operating objects according to the file attributes of each of the operating objects, wherein the file type is a file or a folder. The operating objects are managed according to the file type of each of the operating objects.

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