Patent ID: 7987429

Claim:
A data management apparatus comprising a screen creating part for creating a management screen to manage data, the management screen including (1) a title list for listing title information representing a content of data belonging to a category and capable of changing to another for listing title information representing a content of data belonging to another category, (2) a temporary stock area arranged to be referable to this title list and capable of temporarily stocking one or more pieces of title information selected from the title list as title information representing a content of data with the view of selecting data proposed for processing from the title list in such a manner that the temporarily stocked title information is referable regardless of changing the category of the title list, and (3) a processing selection area for selecting processing of data represented by title information temporarily stocked in the temporary stock area; and a processing control part that (1) performs a printing process for image data of the title information stocked temporarily when a printing process is selected on the processing selection area, and (2) performs a music playback process for music data of the title information stocked temporarily when a music playback processing is selected on the processing selection area, wherein the data management apparatus manages data represented by the title information according to an operation of the title information between the title list and the temporary stock area.