Patent ID: 6016502
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A data processing apparatus, comprising:memory for storing information grouped into plural groups;inputting means for designating a group out of said plural groups;display for displaying information of said plural groups, the display including a display memory for storing contents which are to displayed; andcontrol means for responding to an output from said inputting means, for selectively deleting information of the group designated out of said plural groups by said inputting means, so that only information of the remaining groups are displayed on the display,said control means further for moving information of the remaining groups stored in the display memory into a space in the display memory previously occupied by the information of the deleted group, so that plural parts of the information of the remaining groups are closer to each other, andsaid control means still further for displaying an identifier which expresses a position of the deleted group together with the remaining groups on the display,wherein the information of the deleted group, retrieved from the memory, is inserted and restored into the information of the remaining groups by the inputting means, and displayed by the display.