Systems and methods for locating content in a memory

• US 7,685,531 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2004
• Issued: 03/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Logic Sight Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Logic Sight Incorporated
• Inventors: Goldstein, Kenneth B., Yeung, Simon D., Horne, Gary R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh; Ba
• Assistant Examiner(s): Salomon; Phenuel S
• Application Number:
  US10/836,120
• Publication Number:
  US 20050246663A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,153 Days
• Field of Search: 715/739, 715/851, 715/764, 715/765, 715/769, 707/200, 707/204
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A user interface for displaying information includes a region for displaying information regarding one or more files that are stored in a memory, and a navigation map located adjacent the region, the navigation map displaying a graphic associated with information being displayed in the region, the graphic representing a quantity of the displayed information and a quantity of non-displayed information in the region. A method for locating an object stored in a memory includes providing a navigation tool displaying a plurality of folders, wherein a first folder and a second folder can be selected from the plurality of folders, and simultaneously displaying at least some content from the first folder and at least some content from the second folders in response to a selection of the first and the second folders.

Claims

1. A system for providing a user interface, comprising:

a processor configured to

display a window in a screen, the window displaying a navigational tool for allowing a user to search for an object, wherein the tool includes a first graphic representing a first file, and a second graphic represent a second file,

create a folder for storing the first and second files in response to the first graphic being dragged to an area adjacent to the second graphic, wherein the processor is configured to create the folder automatically to thereby obviate a need for the user to manually create the folder using a conventional folder creation process; and

automatically assign a name for the created folder, and wherein the name comprises a first portion that represents a name of the first file, a second portion that represents a name of the second file, and a symbol “

&

”

between the first and second portions.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first file comprises a word document file.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first file and the second file are stored directly under a parent folder, and after the folder is created by the tool, the first and second files are stored directly under the folder created by the tool.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the folder created by the tool is under the parent folder.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the folder created by the tool is at a same hierarchical level as that of the parent folder.

6. A computer product having a set of instructions that are stored in a volatile or non-volatile medium, an execution of which causes a process to be performed, the process comprising:

displaying a navigational tool using a processor for allowing a user to search for an object, wherein the tool includes a first graphic representing a first file, and a second graphic represent a second file;

creating a folder for storing the first and second files in response to the first graphic being dragged to an area adjacent to the second graphic, thereby obviating a need for the user to manually create the folder using a conventional folder creation process; and

automatically assigning a name for the created folder, and wherein the name comprises a first portion that represents a name of the first file, a second portion that represents a name of the second file, and a symbol “

&

”

between the first and second portions.

7. The computer product of claim 6, wherein the first file comprises a word document file.

8. The computer product of claim 6, wherein the first file and the second file are stored directly under a parent folder, and after the folder is created by the tool, the first and second files are stored directly under the folder created by the tool.

9. The computer product of claim 8, wherein the folder created by the tool is under the parent folder.

10. The computer product of claim 8, wherein the folder created by the tool is at a same hierarchical level as that of the parent folder.