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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Takeo Katsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takeo Katsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/167 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of managing files. In this invention, a method of managing a file stored in an external memory device of a computer having an application that starts when it is read by the computer consists of a step of accepting an instruction for starting up the application, and a step of automatically deleting the application program from the external memory device when the started application terminates. This file managing method can automatically delete the application program from the external memory device when the started application terminates.