Patent ID: 7239802

Claim:
A processing method for processing a plurality of files stored on a storage medium, said processing method comprising steps of: retrieving from said storage medium management data used to manage said files stored on said storage medium; storing the retrieved management data in association with information representing selection status, in terms of processing, of each of said files managed by use of said management data; displaying on a display device said management data and said information representing said selection status in association with said management data, wherein said management data and said information representing said selection status of files to be copied from said storage medium to another storage medium are shown in a first predetermined area of the display device and management data used to manage files copied to said another storage medium are shown in a second predetermined area of the display device; giving an indication, on said display device, to one of items constituting displayed information about said files, said indication indicating that a file denoted by an information item is an object of operation apart from other files, and wherein said indication comprises highlighting and centrally locating the file indicated as said object of operation; and if a predetermined operation is detected, then causing a selection status of said other files to coincide with a selection status of the file indicated as said object of operation.