Information processing in which grouped information is processed either as a group or individually, based on mode
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsEiji Takasu, Katsuhiko Sakaguchi
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Abstract
The present invention is based on an observation that a range of information desired to select, may differ, according to a mode selected (for example, in a case where a plurality of information pieces are grouped, an erasing operation might be performed only on part of the group). The present invention determines, where appropriate, an automatic changeover to designate either a single piece of information or a whole group of pieces of information as a range of information to be selected as a processed object, according to a mode selected.
Claims37
An information processing method comprising the steps of:
- storing a plurality of information pieces with grouping information, which indicates whether the information piece belongs to an information group;
- displaying the plurality of information pieces on a display screen;
- determining a changeover to designate either a single information piece or a plurality of information pieces belonging to one group as information to be edited, according to an edit mode selected by a user;
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- editing the single information piece or the plurality of information pieces designated in response to a position on the screen instructed by user, wherein the grouping information is maintained.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- storage, that stores a plurality of information pieces with grouping information, which indicates whether the information piece belongs to an information group;
- a display control that performs such a control as to display a plurality of information pieces on a display screen;
- a control that determines a changeover to designate either a single information piece or a plurality of information pieces belonging to one group as information to be edited, according to an edit mode selected by a user;
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- an editor, which edits the single information piece or the plurality of information pieces designated in response to a position on the screen instructed by user, wherein the grouping information is maintained.
A storage medium that can be read by a computer, said storage medium storing:
- control program for storing a plurality of information pieces with grouping information, which indicates whether the information piece belongs to an information group;
- a control program for displaying the plurality of information pieces on a display screen;
- a control program for determining a changeover to designate either a single information piece or a plurality of information pieces belonging to one group as information to be edited, according to an edit mode selected by a user;
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- a control program for editing the single information piece or the plurality of information pieces designated in response to a position on the screen instructed by user, wherein the grouping information is maintained.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.