1995-06-28
1997-09-23
Black, Thomas G.
395619, 395620, G06F 1730
Patent
active
056714203
ABSTRACT:
A method of distributing files onto a computer-usable storage medium based on a user's selection of at least one file from a file library comprising executable and nonexecutable files. The method includes a first displaying step for displaying (1) the file library and (2) at least one file storage designation area having a predetermined size which is representative of a computer-usable storage medium having the predetermined size. A second displaying step displays, in response to a user's input, which includes selection of at least one file in the file library, a file attribute option, which includes file installation options, and an assigning step assigns, in response to a user's selection of at least one file installation option, at least one file attribute to a selected file which corresponds to the at least one file installation option. A third displaying step displays the selected file in one file storage designation area in response to a user's dragging and dropping the selected file into the one of the file storage designation areas, and a storing step stores, in response to a distribution command, the selected file in the computer-usable storage medium, together with the at least one file attribute.
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Bell David R.
Kodimer Marianne L.
Ramsdell Thomas R.
Black Thomas G.
Canon Information & Systems, Inc.
Min Donald D.
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