Patent ID: 8762833

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for displaying document information based on first and second time/date information, the first time/date information indicating a time/date at which document data was registered in a document management system, and the second time/date information indicating a time/date at which the document data was input to a folder, the apparatus comprising a computer which functions as: an obtaining unit configured to obtain displaying order information for deciding an order of displaying the document information in a folder when the document information is displayed; a sorting unit configured to sort the document information in accordance with the displaying order information obtained by the obtaining unit; and a displaying unit configured to display the document information sorted by the sorting unit, wherein, if the displaying order information obtained by the obtaining unit is a displaying order based on the second time/date information, the sorting unit sorts the document information in accordance with the displaying order based on the second time/date information, and the displaying unit displays the document information sorted in accordance with the displaying order based on the second time/date information by the sorting unit such that the document information in which a predetermined time has elapsed from the first time/date information is displayed distinguishably from the document information in which the predetermined time has not elapsed from the first time/date information.