Patent ID: 7246112

Claim:
A searching apparatus for searching through a storage device which holds main data based on a search condition and for displaying data retrieved through the search, said searching apparatus comprising: management data inputting means for inputting management data for managing said main data held on said storage device; storing means for storing the input management data; sorting means for sorting, based on a sort condition, said management data stored by said storing means; searching means for searching through said management data stored by said storing means based on a search condition; condition inputting means for inputting said sort condition and said search condition; displaying means for displaying results of said search and said sort on a display device connected to said searching apparatus; and controlling means for controlling a display location of said management data on said display device in accordance with a degree of relation between said search condition and said management data retrieved through said search, wherein if, as a result of said sort performed by said sorting means, a head data item heading said management data and an end data item at an end of said management data are both displayed on said display device, then the head and end data items are displayed adjacent to one another.