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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Yahoo Japan Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes cursor control, display position change, and range selection units. When switching operation for switching to a selection mode for selecting characters included in a display region displayed in a display unit is detected, the cursor control unit displays another cursor different from a cursor displayed in the display region. When moving operation for moving the display region is detected in the selection mode, the display position change unit maintains one cursor at an original display position or a certain position near the original display position in the display unit, and moves a display position of the display region together with the other cursor in accordance with the moving operation. The range selection unit determines, to be a selection range, a region between the one cursor and the other after the movement of the display position of the display region by the display position change unit.