Intuitive management of electronic files
First Claim
1. A computerized method comprising:
- identifying a plurality of interrelated files stored on one or more storage devices for each of a plurality of topic groupings, wherein the interrelated files corresponding to a particular topic grouping are determined based on first metadata associated with the interrelated files;
receiving an indication of a user initiating a search for a file;
determining a relative importance for each of the plurality of interrelated files within each topic grouping, the relative importance indicating an importance of each of the interrelated files in a corresponding topic grouping relative to other files in the corresponding topic grouping based on contextual relevance of individual of the interrelated files to an application with which the user was interacting prior to initiating the search for the file, such that an interrelated file that is more contextually relevant to the application with which the user was interacting than a different interrelated file has a higher relative importance than the different interrelated file; and
displaying a montage of visual representations of the plurality of interrelated files for each topic grouping using a visual indication of the relative importance, wherein the montage for each topic grouping includes a plurality of partially overlapping visual representations and the relative importance of the plurality of interrelated files for each topic grouping is indicated by a relative prominence of each of the visual representations within the plurality of partially overlapping visual representations.
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Abstract
A method includes identifying interrelated files stored on one or more storage devices for each topic grouping. The interrelated files correspond to a particular topic grouping and are determined based on metadata associated with the interrelated files. A relative importance for each of the interrelated files within each topic grouping is determined. The relative importance indicates an importance of each of the interrelated files in a corresponding topic grouping relative to the other files in the corresponding topic grouping based on metadata associated with the interrelated files. A montage of visual representations of the interrelated files for each topic grouping is displayed using a visual indication of the relative importance.
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24 Claims
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1. A computerized method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of interrelated files stored on one or more storage devices for each of a plurality of topic groupings, wherein the interrelated files corresponding to a particular topic grouping are determined based on first metadata associated with the interrelated files; receiving an indication of a user initiating a search for a file; determining a relative importance for each of the plurality of interrelated files within each topic grouping, the relative importance indicating an importance of each of the interrelated files in a corresponding topic grouping relative to other files in the corresponding topic grouping based on contextual relevance of individual of the interrelated files to an application with which the user was interacting prior to initiating the search for the file, such that an interrelated file that is more contextually relevant to the application with which the user was interacting than a different interrelated file has a higher relative importance than the different interrelated file; and displaying a montage of visual representations of the plurality of interrelated files for each topic grouping using a visual indication of the relative importance, wherein the montage for each topic grouping includes a plurality of partially overlapping visual representations and the relative importance of the plurality of interrelated files for each topic grouping is indicated by a relative prominence of each of the visual representations within the plurality of partially overlapping visual representations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
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identifying a plurality of interrelated files stored on one or more storage devices for each of a plurality of topic groupings, wherein the interrelated files corresponding to a particular topic grouping are determined based on first metadata associated with the interrelated files; receiving an indication of a user initiating a search for a file; determining a relative importance for each of the plurality of interrelated files within each topic grouping, the relative importance indicating an importance of each of the interrelated files in a corresponding topic grouping relative to other files in the corresponding topic grouping based on contextual relevance of individual of the interrelated files to an application with which the user was interacting prior to initiating the search for the file such that an interrelated file that is more contextually relevant to the application with which the user was interacting than a different interrelated file has a higher relative importance than the different interrelated file; and displaying a montage of visual representations of the plurality of interrelated files for each topic grouping using a visual indication of the relative importance, wherein the montage for each topic grouping includes a plurality of partially overlapping visual representations and the relative importance of the plurality of interrelated files for each topic grouping is indicated by a relative prominence of each of the visual representations within the plurality of partially overlapping visual representations. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a memory storing a plurality of interrelated files; and one or more data processing apparatus operable to interact with the memory and to perform operations in accordance with instructions stored on a computer readable medium, the operations comprising; identifying a plurality of interrelated files stored on one or more storage devices for each of a plurality of topic groupings, wherein the interrelated files corresponding to a particular topic grouping are determined based on first metadata associated with the interrelated files; receiving an indication of a user initiating a search for a file; determining a relative importance for each of the plurality of interrelated files within each topic grouping, the relative importance indicating an importance of each of the interrelated files in a corresponding topic grouping relative to other files in the corresponding topic grouping based on contextual relevance of individual of the interrelated files to an application with which the user was interacting prior to initiating the search for the file such that an interrelated file that is more contextually relevant to the application with which the user was interacting than a different interrelated file has a higher relative importance than the different interrelated file; and displaying a montage of visual representations of the plurality of interrelated files for each topic grouping using a visual indication of the relative importance, wherein the montage for each topic grouping includes a plurality of partially overlapping visual representations and the relative importance of the plurality of interrelated files for each topic grouping is indicated by a relative prominence of each of the visual representations within the plurality of partially overlapping visual representations. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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identifying multiple sets of interrelated files; determining a relative significance of each file within each set, the relative significance based on contextual relevance of individual of the interrelated files to an application with which a user was most recently interacting such that a file that is more contextually relevant to the application with which the user was most recently interacting than a different file has a higher relative significance than the different file; and displaying visual representations corresponding to at least a portion of the files in each set, wherein the displayed visual representations for each set are visually grouped on a display distinct from the displayed visual representations for other sets and the displayed representations within each set are displayed according to the relative significance of each of the displayed files in each set, wherein the relative significance of each of the displayed files in each set is indicated by a relative prominence of the displayed representation corresponding to the file within the displayed visual representations for the set. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A method comprising:
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executing instructions on a specific apparatus to identify a plurality of interrelated files stored on one or more storage devices for each of a plurality of topic groupings, wherein the interrelated files corresponding to a particular topic grouping are determined based on first metadata associated with the interrelated files; executing instructions on a specific apparatus to determine a relative importance for each of the plurality of interrelated files within each topic grouping, the relative importance indicating an importance of each of the interrelated files in a corresponding topic grouping relative to other files in the corresponding topic grouping based on contextual relevance of individual of the interrelated files to an application with which the user was most recently interacting such that an interrelated file that is more contextually relevant to the application with which the user was most recently interacting than a different interrelated file has a higher relative importance than the different interrelated file; storing data representing the relative importance of each of the plurality of interrelated files in a computer-readable storage medium; and displaying a montage of visual representations of the plurality of interrelated files for each topic grouping using a visual indication of the relative importance, wherein the montage for each topic grouping includes a plurality of partially overlapping visual representations and the relative importance of the plurality of interrelated files for each topic grouping is indicated by a relative prominence of the visual representations within the plurality of partially overlapping visual representations.
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