Patent ID: 7620629
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: G06F,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A file search apparatus tat searches for a file based on one or more searched-keywords associated with object files and one or more searching-keywords selected by a user, the file search apparatus comprising: a display unit that displays an image; an installation module to which a storage medium storing object files is installed; a setting module that sets the searching-keywords according to an instruction by the user; an acquisition module that, when the searching-keywords are set by the setting module and the storage medium is installed to the installation module; acquires the searched-keywords associated with object files from the storage medium; a collation module that performs collation as to whether each of the searching-keywords set by the setting module matches any of the searched-keywords acquired by the acquisition module; a display control module that controls the display unit to display in a manner that results of the collation by the collation module is recognizable; an information storage module that stores icons in association with the respective searched-keywords; wherein the display control module reads an icon associated with a searched-keyword corresponding to each of the searching-keywords that are selected from the searched-keywords, from the information storage module, and displays the read icons as the searching-keywords.