Patent ID: 8554810

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: at least one processor programmed to control: a control unit configured to determine whether a received folder is a search folder or a folder that is not the search folder, wherein the search folder has a search status and holds a search result, and wherein the folder that is not the search folder is not searched and does not include a search status or a search result, wherein the search condition includes a condition that considers a text of the file as a search target, and wherein the search folder and the folder that is not the search folder are disclosed as a target folder; a search unit that conducts a search or searches corresponding to one or a plurality of search conditions set in the search folder, wherein search unit comprises a full-text search unit that conducts a full-text search capable of holding full-text search index data, and conducts a full-text search based on the index data and acquires a folder information list based on the target folder information; performing a repetitive check to identify the search folder when the folder is a search folder, and wherein the search unit checks that the full text search is functioning and provides a receipt confirming the search status; a display unit configured to display the search folder based on the search status receipt as an element of lower hierarchy, and the folder that is not the search folder without the element of lower hierarchy; an obtaining unit configured to obtain the search status of the search folder, wherein the obtained search status includes a plurality of conditions for the full text search; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the obtained search status includes at least one abnormal condition indicating a search status that fails to conduct a normal search, for each of the plurality of the conditions, wherein the display unit displays the search folder so as to be identifiable from the folder that is not the search folder, and wherein the display unit visually marks the search folder indicating an abnormal search condition on the search folder; wherein the search folder has the search status which is determined by the determination unit to include at least one abnormal condition.