Information management with non-hierarchical views
First Claim
1. A machine implemented method comprising:
- storing, in a storage device, a file system having a plurality of folders and subfolders;
displaying, on a display device, files in a view of folders and subfolders;
receiving a selection of an object in a sidebar of a window;
performing, in response to the selection, a search for user-oriented files, the search being defined by a query that includes and excludes file paths in the file system;
displaying results of the search in a non-hierarchical view of the window;
wherein the results of the search are limited by a search filter that removes non-user oriented files, and wherein the non-hierarchical view of the displayed results includes visually delineated groups that are each defined by a grouping component, at least one of the visually delineated groups includes a condensed view that includes a stack of icons at an edge of the condensed view and another one of the visually delineated groups is displayed in a different type of view, and wherein the method comprises;
scrolling one of the visually delineated groups independently of the other groups which are displayed.
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Abstract
Information items in a file system are arranged into groups that are created according to a grouping component. A non-hierarchical view displays visual representations (e.g., icons, thumbnail images) of the information items arranged in visually delineated groups according to an arrange type that can be specified for each group. Various view formats are available including icon, list and column view formats. In each view format, a condensed mode can be selected for one or more groups, resulting in multiple visual representations of items being displayed in a fixed amount of screen space in the non-hierarchical view. In icon view, each condensed group includes a single row of visual representations that can be navigated separately from other groups in the non-hierarchical view.
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16 Claims
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1. A machine implemented method comprising:
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storing, in a storage device, a file system having a plurality of folders and subfolders; displaying, on a display device, files in a view of folders and subfolders; receiving a selection of an object in a sidebar of a window; performing, in response to the selection, a search for user-oriented files, the search being defined by a query that includes and excludes file paths in the file system; displaying results of the search in a non-hierarchical view of the window; wherein the results of the search are limited by a search filter that removes non-user oriented files, and wherein the non-hierarchical view of the displayed results includes visually delineated groups that are each defined by a grouping component, at least one of the visually delineated groups includes a condensed view that includes a stack of icons at an edge of the condensed view and another one of the visually delineated groups is displayed in a different type of view, and wherein the method comprises; scrolling one of the visually delineated groups independently of the other groups which are displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing executable instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the data processing system to perform a method comprising:
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storing, in a storage device, a file system having a plurality of folders and subfolders; displaying, on a display device, files in a view of folders and subfolders; receiving a selection of an object in a sidebar of a window; performing, in response to the selection, a search for user-oriented files, the search being defined by a query that includes and excludes file paths in the file system; displaying results of the search in a non-hierarchical view of the window; wherein the results of the search are limited by a search filter that removes non-user oriented files, and wherein the non-hierarchical view of the displayed results includes visually delineated groups that are each defined by a grouping component, at least one of the visually delineated groups includes a condensed view that includes a stack of icons at an edge of the condensed view and another one of the visually delineated groups is displayed in a different type of view, and wherein the method comprises; scrolling one of the visually delineated groups independently of the other groups which are displayed. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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