Patent ID: 8661064
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A file management system for managing files that are stored in a tiered folder, comprising: a folder content data storage unit adapted to have stored therein content data of each folder in the tiered folder; a folder summary calculation processing unit configured to reference the folder content data storage unit and automatically generate a character string indicating a summary of a plurality of files included in each parent folder selected by a user and each of plural subfolders immediately under said parent folder; a display processing unit configured to display the generated character string on a display device, wherein the generated character string indicating a summary of a plurality of files includes a total number of files of each type and other file attributes in said parent folder and said plural subfolders, and wherein the folder summary calculation processing unit, when a plurality of subfolders in the selected folder includes similar files, generates a summary character string indicating the presence of a plurality of subfolders that includes similar files while also describing the names of the subfolders in the summary.