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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toyokazu Suzuki, Hitachi, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395800 ; 3642229 ; 3642256 ; 3642372 ;
Abstract
A list data sorting control method carried out by a data processing apparatus. Blocks are generated for demarcating or dividing meaningfully list data displayed on a display device. The list data located within the block are handled as movable units to be moved for rearranging the list data. When a plurality of the blocks bear inclusion relation to one another, rearrangement of the list data is performed in accordance with the inclusion relation.