Patent ID: 7617455
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a storage operation input unit adapted to accept selection of a device by a user displayed in a list of devices on a display unit, and to accept the user's input to perform a storage operation for the selected device; a search filter generating unit adapted to generate a new search condition as a search filter for the selected device, the new search condition being automatically generated in response to the acceptance of the user's input to perform the storage operation by comparing attributes of the selected device with other devices displayed by the display unit which were not selected by the user, extracting an attribute of the selected device which differentiates the selected device from the other devices, and generating the new search condition including the extracted attribute as the search filter; and storing the generated new search condition in a storage unit for searching for the device selected by the user.