Patent ID: 7921127
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A file management apparatus which manages a plurality of management target files stored in a storage device, comprising: storage means for storing a plurality of different pieces of search information used for search of the management target files in association with a plurality of different pieces of brief playback information for brief playbacks of the management target files, wherein said storage means stores, for one management target file, a plurality of different pieces of brief playback information which are created from different portions of the one management target file, and wherein each of the portions is designated by a user; search means for searching the search information stored in said storage means on the basis of a desired search key; and playback means for playing back the brief playback information associated with the search information searched based on the search key by said search means, wherein when the plurality of pieces of search information are searched based on the search key by said search means, said playback means plays back the pieces of brief playback information respectively associated with the plurality of pieces of searched search information.