Patent ID: 8787981

Claim:
An electronic device, comprising: a display unit that displays a first image that is based on data; an operation unit that can select at least a part of the first image displayed on the display unit as a selected image; a storage unit, wherein, in a case in which the first image is displayed on the display unit as a result of processing by a first application, and the selected image is selected by the operation unit, the storage unit stores selected data as data of the selected image, and peripheral data as data of peripheral images existing around the selected image from among the first image; and a control unit, wherein, in a case in which a second application different from the first application is activated after the selected data and the peripheral data are stored in the storage unit, the control unit reads the selected data stored in the storage unit so as to be developed in the second application, and displays a the selected image, which is based on the selected data, on the display unit, wherein, in a case in which a predetermined operation is performed by the operation unit for the selected image developed in the second application and displayed on the display unit, the control unit reads the peripheral data stored in the storage unit, and displays at least a part of the peripheral images, around the selected image displayed on the display unit, wherein data of at least a part of the peripheral images is corresponding data that is specified from the peripheral data in accordance with an operated variable of the predetermined operation, and wherein the predetermined operation is an operation for an area on a right side of the selected image, or an operation for an area on a left side of the selected image.