System and Method for Filtering and Organizing Items Based on Common Elements
First Claim
1. In a computer system having a display and a memory for storing items with metadata properties, a method of filtering items, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of display objects on the display that each represent one or more items;
filtering the items represented by the display objects based on a filter term; and
modifying the display objects that are provided on the display so as to represent the items that have the metadata property that corresponds to the filter term in response to the filtering of the items, wherein one or more of the modified display objects comprises a virtual folder.
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Abstract
A system and method for filtering and organizing items from computer memories based on common elements is provided. Filters are provided for manipulating the items. The filters are essentially tools for narrowing down a set of items. The filters can be dynamically generated based on the properties of the separate items. The system utilizes virtual folders. The virtual folders expose regular files and folders to users in different views based on their metadata instead of the actual physical underlying file system structure on the disk.
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18 Claims
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1. In a computer system having a display and a memory for storing items with metadata properties, a method of filtering items, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of display objects on the display that each represent one or more items;
filtering the items represented by the display objects based on a filter term; and
modifying the display objects that are provided on the display so as to represent the items that have the metadata property that corresponds to the filter term in response to the filtering of the items, wherein one or more of the modified display objects comprises a virtual folder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a computer system having a display and a memory for storing items with metadata properties, a method of filtering items, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of display objects on the display that each represent one or more items;
filtering the items represented by the display objects based on a filter term; and
modifying the display objects that are provided on the display so as to represent the items that have the metadata property that corresponds to the filter term in response to the filtering of the items, wherein the filtered items that are represented by the modified display objects on the display are stored in different physical locations comprising a present computer and a different computer. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. In a computer system having a display and a memory for storing items with metadata properties, a method of filtering items, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of display objects on the display that each represent one or more items;
filtering the items represented by the display objects based on a filter term; and
modifying the display objects that are provided on the display so as to represent the items that have the metadata property that corresponds to the filter term in response to the filtering of the items, wherein the filtered items that are represented by the modified display objects on the display comprise both file items and non-file items. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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