Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hidenori Ishiwata

Fumiaki Itoh

Hiroyuki Nagai

Tomoyuki Shimizu

Tsutomu Inose

Hajime Futatsugi

A method for controlling a search apparatus that searches a plurality of data each having an attribute value for each attribute item according to a search condition defined by the attribute value, the method includes detecting a change of the attribute value of one or more data of the plurality of data, changing the search condition including the changed attribute value according to the detected change of the attribute value, and performing a search according to the changed search condition.

Search apparatus and method for controlling search apparatus

A folder relationship holding unit () manages the relationship only between parents and children of files and/or folders arranged in a hierarchical structure. An operation target of the files and/or folders managed by the folder relationship holding unit () is operated in a locked state. To reflect the operation result on each apparatus that manages information identical to that managed by the folder relationship holding unit (), the apparatus is notified of the operation result at a designated timing.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

A data display apparatus comprising, a display unit operable to hierarchically display a plurality of folders, a management unit operable to manage information associated with each of the plurality of folders, a determination unit operable to, when the display unit displays each of the plurality of folders, determine based on the information associated with the folder and acquired from the management unit whether to integrally display the folder and a plurality of lower folders included under the folder as an integrated folder, and a control unit operable to control to cause the display unit to perform integral display using the integrated folder when the determination unit has determined to perform the integral display.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Hidenori Ishiwata