Copy/move graphical user interface apparatus and method
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBaljeet Singh Baweja, Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Nizamudeen Ishmael, Jr., Mandeep Singh Sidhu
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Abstract
A copy/move graphical user interface apparatus and method. The apparatus displays a graphical user interface informing a user of a current status of a copy/move operation. The graphical user interface includes progress bars indicating the progress of a current file copy/move operation as well as the overall copy/move operation. The graphic user interface further includes estimated times of completion and a listing of files that are in a copy/move queue. Additionally, the graphical user interface allows a user to modify the order in which files are copied/moved and to skip or delete files in the copy/move queue.
Claims63
A method of copying computer files to a destination location, comprising:
- receiving a copy instruction, the copy instruction identifying a plurality of computer files to be copied, an order in which the plurality of computer files are to be copied and the destination location;
- displaying attributes of the plurality of computer files simultaneously, in the order in which the plurality of computer files are to be copied;
- and
- copying the plurality of computer files to the destination location in the order in which the plurality of computer files are to be copied.
A data processing device in which computer files are copied to a destination location, comprising:
- a processor;
- an input device;
- and
- a display, wherein the processor receives a copy instruction via the input device, the copy instruction identifying a plurality of computer files to be copied, an order in which the plurality of computer files arm to be copied and the destination location, the processor instructs the display to display attributes of the plurality of computer files simultaneously, in the order in which the plurality of computer files are to be copied, and wherein the processor copies the plurality of computer files to the destination location in the order in which the plurality of computer files are to be copied.
A computer programs product in a computer readable medium for copying computer files, comprising:
- first instructions for receiving a copy instruction, the copy instruction identifying a plurality of computer files to be copied, an order in which the plurality of computer files are to be copied and the destination location;
- second instructions for displaying attributes of the plurality of computer files simultaneously, in the order in which the plurality of computer files are to be copied;
- and
- third instructions for copying the plurality of computer files to the destination location in the order in which the plurality of computer files are to be copied.
A method, in a data processing system, for copying a plurality of files, the method comprising:
- in response to receiving a request to copy the plurality of files to a destination location, displaying an identification of the plurality of files in a graphical user interface simultaneously in an order in which the plurality of files are to be copied to the destination, wherein the request includes the order in which the plurality of files are to be copied;
- copying the plurality of files to the destination in the order;
- and
- altering the identification of the plurality of files to indicate a progress in copying individual files within the plurality of files to the destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.