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US 8,285,763 B2Granted
File identification and retrieval in directories for categorized files
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJos Manuel Accapadi, Umesh G. Khatwani
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Abstract
A system and program code are provided for marking a file. Responsive to a file being received, the file is stored in a directory in a file system. An indicia is associated with the file and the directory. The file is displayed using the indicia as a marked file and the directory is displayed using the indicia as a marked directory.
Claims16
A data processing system for marking a file, the data processing system comprising:
- a bus system;
- a communications system connected to the bus system;
- a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes a set of instructions;
- and
- a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to store the file in a directory in a file system in response to receiving the file as an attachment to an email;
- associate an indicia with the file and the directory, wherein the indicia comprises an abbreviated identifier, an indicator, and at least one of a background of color, an icon text color, and an icon text background color;
- automatically store the file with the indicia identified in a policy database;
- edit the indicia in response to receiving a command to edit the indicia;
- display the file using the indicia as a marked file;
- and display the directory using the indicia as a marked directory.
7 more elements
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer usable medium including computer usable program code for marking objects, the computer program product including:
- computer usable program code for storing a file in a directory in a file system in response to receiving the file as an attachment to an email;
- computer usable program code for associating an indicia with the file and the directory, wherein the indicia comprises an abbreviated identifier, an indicator, and at least one of a background of color, an icon text color, and an icon text background color;
- computer usable program code for automatically storing the file with the indicia identified in a policy database;
- computer usable program code for editing the indicia in response to receiving a command to edit the indicia;
- computer usable program code for displaying the file using the indicia as a marked file;
- and
- computer usable program code for displaying the directory using the indicia as a marked directory.
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A computer implemented method for marking objects, the computer implemented method comprising:
- storing, in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, a file in a directory in a file system in response to receiving the file as an attachment to an email;
- associating, with a processor, an indicia with the file and the directory, wherein the indicia comprises an abbreviated identifier, an indicator, and at least one of a background of color, an icon text color, and an icon text background color;
- automatically store the file with the indicia identified in a policy database on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
- edit, with the processor, the indicia in response to receiving a command to edit the indicia;
- displaying, on one or more display units, the file using the indicia as a marked file;
- and
- displaying, on the one or more display units, the directory using the indicia as a marked directory.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.