Patent ID: 6173285
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus with a bookmark function comprising:memory means;display means;input means for selecting a mode in which data is to be processed;control means for processing data in the mode selected via said input means out of a plurality of modes to store processed data into said memory means, said control means further for placing a bookmark in data, which are stored in said memory means in said plurality of modes, respectively, storing specific information for specifying data marked with the bookmark in said memory means, retrieving the stored data marked with the bookmark based on the specific information as a result of search through accumulated data among said plurality of modes, anddisplaying the retrieved data on said display means, wherein when the stored data marked with the bookmark is retrieved based on the specific information, said control means displays a mode to which the retrieved data belongs together with the retrieved data on said display means.