Patent ID: 8862562
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A file management apparatus which manages files recorded in an electronic memory device, comprising: a timer section; a save-period monitoring section which monitors a coming to a preset end of a save period for each file in accordance with timing by the timer section, wherein the file is deleted at the end of the save period; a notice-destination setting section which associates each file with a selected one of a plurality of notice destinations whereby each file is linked to at least one notice destination; a partial-file making section which makes a single partial file composed of partial contents of a single file, wherein the file comprises a plurality of pages, and the partial file consists of a single page of the respective file, wherein the single page is one of a page of the file that has been accessed most frequently, or a page of the file that has been most recently renewed; a notifying section which notifies an associated one of said plurality of notice destinations during the save-period of a fact that there is a linked file of which the save period is coming to the preset end; and a partial-file attaching section which attaches a partial file of the file to a notice by the notifying section.