Patent ID: 8707203

Claim:
An object display apparatus connected to one or more storage apparatus storing a plurality of objects, comprising: at least a processor and memory, functioning as: an object display unit adapted to display a plurality of display objects corresponding to the plurality of objects stored in the storage apparatus, at respective display positions sorted under a predetermined sort condition in a two-dimensional display area; a designation unit adapted to designate one of the plurality of display objects as a display object of interest; a reception unit adapted to receive a notification indicating update of one or more of the plurality of objects from the storage apparatus; an acquisition unit adapted to, when said reception unit receives a notification indicating deletion of an object, acquire a display position of a display object corresponding to the deleted object; a determination unit adapted to determine that the display position acquired by the acquisition unit is located before or after the display position of the display object of interest; and an update unit adapted to if the display position acquired by the acquisition unit is located before the display position of the display object of interest, update the display area by shifting the display positions of display objects located before the display position of the deleted object to the back side, and if the display position acquired by the acquisition unit is located after the display position of the display object of interest, update the display area by shifting the display positions of display objects located after the display position of the deleted object to the fore side without moving the display object of interest, wherein the size of the plurality of display objects after the updating of the display area remained the same size as before.