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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
May. 26, 1995
Noboru Hamada, Yokohama, JP;
Shuichi Kadowaki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pointing cursor is moved to a position on a file icon to be transferred in a file list using a position input unit. Thereafter, a button of the position input unit is depressed to select the file icon. The position input unit is moved while depressing its button so as to move the pointing cursor into a display area of a received image, and thereafter, the button of the position input unit is released. At this time, a drag & drop event is generated by a basic software program. Therefore, by only dragging the icon of the file to be transferred by operating the position input unit, an instruction input for a series of file transfer processes can be attained, and the operability for the file transfer function can be improved.