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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Koichi Shibata, Sakai, JP;
Inventor:
Koichi Shibata, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A file management method prohibits a thumbnail image of an arbitrary file. The method displays files as thumbnail images on a display each of which show contents of the file, and detects a drag and drop operation between a specific thumbnail image and the arbitrary thumbnail image. The thumbnail image subject to the drag and drop operation is prohibited from displaying on the display.