Graphical user interface for non-hierarchichal file system
OwnerQing Quintoninventor
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Abstract
A graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting various data files and permitting users to interact with those data files. The GUI presents a variety of file identifiers, each file identifier associated with a data file, and permits the user to interact with data files by interacting with the file identifiers associated with those data files. Embodiments of the present invention identify individual data files using a plurality of time values, typically the time of the file's creation, the time of the file's access by a user, and the time of the creation of the particular copy of the file in the filesystem (a.k.a. “upload time”).
Claims18
A method of providing a filesystem, the method comprising:
- receiving at an interface a first data file for storage in a computing environment;
- and
- assigning, using a processor executing instructions stored on memory, to the first data file a first list of numbers that is unique to the first data file and serves as a unique identifier to identify and access the first data file, and
- displaying the first list of numbers in proximity to a perimeter of a first icon that is associated with the first data file, wherein the first list of numbers includes a plurality of time values that are each associated with a different time attribute associated with the first data file, wherein a new version of the first data file has a second list of numbers that is different than the first list of numbers, the second list of numbers including a plurality of time values that are each associated with a different attribute associated with the new version of the first data file.
A filesystem comprising:
- a processor and a memory storing instructions, the processor executing the instructions stored on the memory configured to:
- display an interface for at least receiving a first data file for storage in a computing environment;
- and
- assign to the first data file a first list of numbers that is unique to the first data file and serves as a unique identifier to identify and access the first data file and represents a path to the first data file, and
- display the first list of numbers in proximity to a perimeter of a first icon that is associated with the first data file, wherein the first list of numbers includes a plurality of time values that are each associated with a different time attribute associated with the first data file, wherein a new version of the first data file has a second list of numbers that is different than the first list of numbers, the second list of numbers including a plurality of time values that are each associated with a different attribute associated with the new version of the first data file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.