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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Tessho Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Tomizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Kihara, Tokyo, JP;
Shoichi Awai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ichiro Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Ippei Tambata, Kanagawa, JP;
Tessho Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Tomizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Kihara, Tokyo, JP;
Shoichi Awai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ichiro Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Ippei Tambata, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a processing method and a processing apparatus for processing a plurality of files stored on a storage medium. The processing method comprises the steps of: retrieving from the storage medium management data used to manage the files stored on the storage medium; storing the retrieved management data in association with information representing selection status, in terms of processing, of each of the files managed by use of the management data; displaying on a display device the management data and the information representing the selection status in association with the management data; giving an indication, on the display device, to one of items constituting the displayed information about the files, the indication indicating that the file denoted by the information item is an object of operation apart from the other files; and if a predetermined operation is detected, then causing the selection status of the other files to coincide with the selection status of the file indicated as the object of operation.