United States Patent7,386,809

KimJune 10, 2008

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File list display apparatus capable of successively displaying sub-list

Abstract

A file list display apparatus having a plurality of files of data recorded on a vast-capacity recording medium, comprising: a detection unit for detecting all the files recorded on the vast-capacity recording medium; a controller for storing a list of the files, detected by the detection unit, in a storage unit separate from the vast-capacity recording medium; a display unit for displaying a sub-list of the list stored in the storage unit, the controller creating the sub-list; and an input unit for inputting a command used by the controller for creating the sub-list, for inputting a display command to the controller for controlling the display unit to display a next sub-list or a previous sub-list, and for inputting a skip command to the controller for controlling the display unit to display the list in a forward or backward sequential one-by-one scrolling manner having no more than a predetermined number of files in the list displayed at any one time.

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Inventors:Kim; Jong-Phil (Suwon, KR)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR)

Appl. No.:10/050,158

Filed:January 18, 2002

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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May 31, 2001 [KR]2001-0030284

Current U.S. Class: 715/818 ; 715/716; 715/717; G9B/20.009; G9B/27.019; G9B/27.021; G9B/27.051; G9B/33.025

Current International Class:G06F 3/048 (20060101)

Field of Search:345/716,818,720 715/818,816,817,716,720

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Primary Examiner: Vu; Kieu D.

Assistant Examiner: Bonshock; Dennis G.

Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bushnell, Esq.; Robert E.