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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Randolph M. Forlenza, Austin, TX (US);
John P. Kaemmerer, Pflugerville, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A first file is selected from within a file directory. When a first function is activated while the first file is selected, the first file is associated with a first queue, wherein the first function is selected for activation from a list of available functions that may be selectively applied to selected files within the file directory. In response to an action of a user, a second file is subsequently selected from within the file directory. When a second function is activated while the second file is selected and the first file is within the first queue, the second file and the first file are automatically sent to an application, wherein the application concurrently imports and opens both the first file placed within the first queue and the second file subsequently selected for use by a data processing system.