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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Yen-fu Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Ta-wei Lin, Taipei, TW;
Chih-wen Su, Taipei, TW;
Shan Su, Taipei, TW;
Meng LI Wong, Taipei, TW;
Yen-Fu Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Ta-Wei Lin, Taipei, TW;
Chih-Wen Su, Taipei, TW;
Shan Su, Taipei, TW;
Meng Li Wong, Taipei, TW;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A file managing software program for managing a list of elements in a specific sequence in a first file of a computer program, including the steps of copying the first file to form a second file having an identical list of elements as the first file. The user is then permitted to rearrange the sequence of the elements of the second file independently of the sequence of the first file. A display of both the first and the second file list elements is provided to the user. Further embodiments allow the user to categorize, prioritize, and order according to users specified rules of how the second file element list is organized and displayed to provide a more convenient and flexible presentation of the file contents.