Patent ID: 7949209
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: G06F,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An information searching apparatus which searches for a file having a specific attribute indicating a changing point, from a plurality of files which are managed by a plurality of groups having a specific order, where files in each group are managed in accordance with a predetermined order, said apparatus comprising: a memory constructed to store, for each group, changing point presence/absence information indicating whether the group includes a file having the specific attribute indicating the changing point; a reception unit constructed to receive an instruction for searching for, among files having the specific attribute indicating the changing point different from a specific attribute of a file designated as a search start file, a file nearest to the search start file in the predetermined order; a determination unit constructed to determine, among groups subsequent to the group including the search start file, an objective group including a file having the specific attribute indicating the changing point in accordance with the changing point presence/absence information stored in said memory; and a control unit constructed to control so as to acquire the attribute from files included in the objective group determined by the determination unit, and output a file firstly found whose specific attribute indicates the changing point, as the searching result for the instruction received by said reception unit.