Cloud File Manager Icon Differentiation for Shortcut Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for displaying shortcut files in cloud storage require users to execute web browsers even when shortcuts refer to files or folders within the cloud storage, impairing user-friendliness by necessitating web browser interactions for content preview or processing.
Innovation Solution
A file management apparatus and method that displays an icon for directly opening a second file or folder within a first display region when a shortcut file stored in the cloud storage refers to a second file or folder outside the first folder, using a display unit and link information acquiring unit to differentiate between internal and external links, allowing users to perform operations without starting a web browser.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a shortcut file on cloud storage is displayed as a URL shortcut file in a file manager, then the shortcut file can be universally accessed through web browsers, but the user must execute a web browser even when the shortcut refers to a file or folder within the cloud storage, reducing ease of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating the display and behavior of shortcut files based on their target location. Shortcut files pointing to resources within the cloud storage are displayed with local file icons and can be opened directly without a web browser, while shortcut files pointing to external resources are displayed as URL shortcuts that open in web browsers. This localized treatment resolves the contradiction by optimizing each shortcut's behavior according to its specific context rather than applying a uniform approach.
2Adaptability or versatility
If all shortcut files are treated as URL shortcuts with website links, then external resources can be accessed, but internal cloud storage resources require unnecessary web browser execution, increasing complexity of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing shortcut files into two distinct categories based on their target location: internal shortcuts (pointing to cloud storage resources) and external shortcuts (pointing to web resources). Each category is processed and displayed differently by the file manager. Internal shortcuts are integrated into the file manager interface and can be opened directly, while external shortcuts are handled as URL links. This segmentation eliminates the need for all shortcuts to go through the web browser, reducing operational complexity while maintaining versatility.
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AI summary
A file management apparatus displays an icon of a file where a shortcut on a cloud storage refers to the file within the cloud storage. A file management apparatus which is connected to a cloud storage on a cloud network via a network and which displays content of a folder within the cloud storage, displays an icon for directly opening a second file or a second folder in a first display region of the file management apparatus for showing content of a first folder in a case where a shortcut file stored in the first folder within the cloud storage is a shortcut file which refers to the second file or the second folder existing outside the first folder, and in which a link to the second file or the second folder is set as a link to a website.