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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1996
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The data search apparatus includes: a data storage section for holding and storing data about all of the plurality of data items in a state where each of the plurality of data items is represented as a row, on which a plurality of attribute values about the data item are arranged in line, and the rows corresponding to the plurality of data items are sorted in a predetermined order decided by a designated attribute; a display control section for selectively displaying a predetermined number of data items from the plurality of data items in the predetermined order decided by the designated attribute on the display screen of the display device such that the attribute values of each of the displayed data items are arranged in line and that a designated data item row and a designated attribute value column are displayed in a different state from the other data item rows and the other attribute value columns; a designation change section for changing the designated row and the designated attribute value column; and a data item sorting section for sorting all of the plurality of data items which are stored in the data storage section in a new order determined by the newly designated attribute when the attribute is changed.