Patent ID: 9395908
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an operation unit; and a control unit performing a process in response to an operation executed through the operation unit, wherein different gesture operations are able to be assigned to an operation corresponding to copy of information and an operation corresponding to cut of information, respectively, wherein the control unit selects a portion designated by a user in information displayed on a display unit, and then copies the selected portion when the user executes the gesture operation corresponding to the copy through the operation unit, whereas the control unit cuts the selected portion when the user executes the gesture operation corresponding to the cut through the operation unit, wherein a sub-screen that displays a copy of contents of the selected portion is displayed on the display unit upon execution by the user through the operation unit of the gesture operation corresponding to the copy or of the gesture operation corresponding to the cut, wherein, when the user has executed the gesture operation corresponding to the copy through the operation unit and prior to a subsequently executed paste command being received through the operation unit, the control unit, upon receipt of the gesture operation corresponding to the cut executed upon the displayed sub-screen, changes the selected portion from being copied to being cut, and wherein, when the user has executed the gesture operation corresponding to the cut through the operation unit and prior to a subsequently executed paste command being received through the operation unit, the control unit, upon receipt of the gesture operation corresponding to the copy executed upon the displayed sub-screen, changes the selected portion from being cut to being copied.