Inventor

• Kim, Jong-Phil

Assignee

• Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

• US Patent 7386809 - File list display apparatus capable of successively displaying sub-list
  

  US Patent Issued on June 10, 2008
  Estimated Patent Expiration Date: January 18, 2022

• Abstract

  A file list display apparatus having a plurality of files of data recorded on a vast-capacity recording medium, comprising: a detection unit for detecting all the files recorded on the vast-capacity recording medium; a controller for storing a list of the files, detected by the detection unit, in a storage unit separate from the vast-capacity recording medium; a display unit for displaying a sub-list of the list stored in the storage unit, the controller creating the sub-list; and an input unit for inputting a command used by the controller for creating the sub-list, for inputting a display command to the controller for controlling the display unit to display a next sub-list or a previous sub-list, and for inputting a skip command to the controller for controlling the display unit to display the list in a forward or backward sequential one-by-one scrolling manner having no more than a predetermined number of files in the list displayed at any one time.

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