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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Yoshio Horiuchi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Harumi Itoh, Machida, JP;
Tadahiko Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Masato Suzuki, Warabi, JP;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An embodiment provides an information processing apparatus having software running thereon, the software having a window as a user interface for displaying a plurality of objects on a display apparatus, the information processing apparatus performing: in response to a user selecting a desired region in a display region of the display apparatus, putting a mark on the region and an object which is present in the region; when the object of the marked region is not displayed in the window, displaying the object in the marked region in a periphery of the window as a sub-window; and closing the sub-window in response to the object in the marked region being displayed in the window.