System and method for viewing and editing multi-value properties
First Claim
1. A method of displaying file properties, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a user selection of multiple files of a computer system from a graphical browser, said files each having at least one value for a common multi-value property; and
displaying, in a metadata area on a display of said computer system, an aggregation of values of said common multi-value property of said selected multiple files, wherein said aggregation of values displays values of at least two of the selected files, and wherein one or more values that correlate to only a subset of said selected files are visually differentiated from values that correlate to all of said selected files.
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Abstract
In a display of properties (or metadata) for multiple selected files, properties may be aggregated. Visual differentiation may be used to associate displayed aggregated values with one or more selected files to which the values pertain. Multi-value properties may also be aggregated and differentiated and/or accentuated. When aggregating multiple multi-value properties, steps may be taken to carry relative priority or positioning assigned by each of the selected files to which the multi-value properties pertain. Aggregated multi-value properties may include prompt text informing them of editing options, and users may edit properties by editing the displayed aggregated properties. Changes to the aggregated properties may be applied to the properties of the various selected files.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of displaying file properties, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a user selection of multiple files of a computer system from a graphical browser, said files each having at least one value for a common multi-value property; and displaying, in a metadata area on a display of said computer system, an aggregation of values of said common multi-value property of said selected multiple files, wherein said aggregation of values displays values of at least two of the selected files, and wherein one or more values that correlate to only a subset of said selected files are visually differentiated from values that correlate to all of said selected files. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of displaying data, comprising the steps of:
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displaying, on a computer system display, a list of files to a user; receiving user selection of a plurality of said files; displaying a preview of one or more of said files; displaying metadata of said selected files while said preview is displayed, wherein at least a portion of said metadata is displayed in a metadata area of said display and includes an aggregation of values of a multi-value property of at least two of said selected plurality of files; while said metadata is displayed, visually differentiating a first subset of said aggregated values to identify one or more associations between said first subset of values and a first subset of said selected files; and while said metadata is displayed, visually differentiating a second subset of said aggregated values to identify one or more associations between said second subset of values and a second subset of said selected files. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of editing file metadata, comprising the steps of:
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displaying, in a metadata area of a display, two or more values for a first property from a plurality of user selected files, wherein first and second ones of said selected files have different displayed values for said first property; visually differentiating those of said displayed values that correlate to a subset of said user selected files from those of said displayed values that correlate to all of said user selected files; revising said displayed values inaccordance with a user request to edit said values in said metadata area; and making a corresponding revision to properties of each of said selected files in response to said user editing said displayed values.
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Specification