Patent ID: 9232094
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A data processing apparatus comprising: a display screen configured to display an image; a position detection portion to detect a position designated by a user on a display surface of the display screen; and a processor that controls execution of one or more kinds of processes on data; displays a first image for identifying data on the display screen; selects data identified by the first image displayed on the display screen as process target data to be processed, based on the position detected by the position detection portion; arranges a clone image corresponding to the first image for identifying the process target data at the position detected by the position detection portion and displays the arranged clone image on the display screen, in response to the process target data being selected by the processor; moves the clone image by arranging the clone image at the position detected by the position detection portion and displays the arranged clone image on the display screen while the position is continuously detected by the position detection portion after the process target data is selected by the processor; arranges one or more second images for identifying one or more kinds of processes that can be executed by the data processing apparatus on the process target data, at positions defined based on a position where the first image is displayed, and displays the arranged one or more second images on the display screen, in response to the process target data being selected by the processor; decides a process identified by the second image having a predetermined relative positional relation to the clone image as a candidate process among the one or more second images when the clone image displayed by the processor falls into a predetermined relative positional relation to any one of the one or more second images; and decides the candidate process as an execution process to be executed by the data processing apparatus on the process target data when the position is no longer detected by the position detection portion in a state in which the clone image falls in a predetermined relative positional relation to the second image for identifying the candidate process.