Patent ID: 7409411

Claim:
A programmable storage medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus on a digital camera to perform operations on the digital camera supporting, creating a folder in a recording area of a recording medium, storing a file in the folder, and managing the file, the operations comprising: creating a folder in the recording area of the recording medium in synchronization with a photographing operation of said digital camera; inputting image data used as an icon image of the created folder; creating an icon image of the folder based on the inputted image data; storing, in a storage device, information about the folder created in the recording area of the recording medium and the icon image of the folder; providing an instruction to display a list of folders created in the recording area of the recording medium; and displaying, on a display device, a list of folders created in the recording area of the recording medium based on the information stored in the storage device in response to the instruction to display a list of folders, the list displayed with folder icons including the icon images.