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US 8,788,962 B2Granted
Method and system for displaying, locating, and browsing data files
OwnerCarsten Waldeckinventor
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Abstract
A computer-implemented user interface is described that includes a display window displaying data files having a data file descriptor associated with each data file. The data file descriptor describe at least a data file size, a data file date, a data file name and data file type. A slider bar controls the data files displayed in the display window where movement of the slider bar displays a greater number of the data files and the data file descriptors than displayed without movement of the slider bar.
Claims15
A method implemented in a computer having at least one processor and at least one memory, the method comprising:
- displaying a display window as part of a user interface;
- displaying, on said display window, a first plurality of data file descriptors;
- wherein each data file descriptor of the first plurality of data file descriptors represents a first attribute of one corresponding data file object of a plurality of data file objects;
- wherein each data file object of the plurality of data file objects corresponds to either a data file or a data file folder;
- wherein the plurality of data file objects comprises one or more data file folders and one or more data files arranged in a file folder hierarchy;
- wherein displaying the first plurality of data file descriptors comprises displaying the first plurality of data file descriptors in a hierarchical view that visually conveys the file folder hierarchy;
- wherein the plurality of data file objects comprises a particular data file folder that contains one or more particular data file sub-folders and one or more particular data files contained within the one or more particular data file sub-folders;
- responsive to detecting user input, displaying a flattened view of the particular data file folder by removing display of the data file descriptors of the first plurality of data file descriptors corresponding to the one or more particular data file sub-folders and displaying the data file descriptors of the first plurality of data file descriptors corresponding to the one or more particular data files as if the one or more particular data files were contained directly, in the file folder hierarchy, in the particular data file folder;
- responsive to obtaining filtering criteria, removing, from the flattened view, display of data file descriptors of the first plurality of data file descriptors corresponding to any of the one or more particular data files that do not satisfy the filtering criteria.
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A computer system comprising one or more processors, at least one memory, and a computer display, the memory storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform:
- displaying a display window as part of a user interface;
- displaying, on said display window, a first plurality of data file descriptors;
- wherein each data file descriptor of the first plurality of data file descriptors represents a first attribute of one corresponding data file object of a plurality of data file objects;
- wherein each data file object of the plurality of data file objects corresponds to either a data file or a data file folder;
- wherein the plurality of data file objects comprises one or more data file folders and one or more data files arranged in a file folder hierarchy;
- wherein displaying the first plurality of data file descriptors comprises displaying the first plurality of data file descriptors in a hierarchical view that visually conveys the file folder hierarchy;
- wherein the plurality of data file objects comprises a particular data file folder that contains one or more particular data file sub-folders and one or more particular data files contained within the one or more particular data file sub-folders;
- responsive to detecting user input, displaying a flattened view of the particular data file folder by removing display of the data file descriptors of the first plurality of data file descriptors corresponding to the one or more particular data file sub-folders and displaying the data file descriptors of the first plurality of data file descriptors corresponding to the one or more particular data files as if the one or more particular data files were contained directly, in the file folder hierarchy, in the particular data file folder;
- responsive to obtaining filtering criteria, removing, from the flattened view, display of data file descriptors of the first plurality of data file descriptors corresponding any of the one or more particular data files that do not satisfy the filtering criteria.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform:
- displaying a display window as part of a user interface;
- displaying, on said display window, a first plurality of data file descriptors;
- wherein each data file descriptor of the first plurality of data file descriptors represents a first attribute of one corresponding data file object of a plurality of data file objects;
- wherein each data file object of the plurality of data file objects corresponds to either a data file or a data file folder;
- wherein the plurality of data file objects comprises one or more data file folders and one or more data files arranged in a file folder hierarchy;
- wherein displaying the first plurality of data file descriptors comprises displaying the first plurality of data file descriptors in a hierarchical view that visually conveys the file folder hierarchy;
- wherein the plurality of data file objects comprises a particular data file folder that contains one or more particular data file sub-folders and one or more particular data files contained within the one or more particular data file sub-folders;
- responsive to detecting user input, displaying a flattened view of the particular data file folder by removing display of the data file descriptors of the first plurality of data file descriptors corresponding to the one or more particular data file sub-folders and displaying the data file descriptors of the first plurality of data file descriptors corresponding to the one or more particular data files as if the one or more particular data files were contained directly, in the file folder hierarchy, in the particular data file folder;
- responsive to obtaining filtering criteria, removing, from the flattened view, display of data file descriptors of the first plurality of data file descriptors corresponding any of the one or more particular data files that do not satisfy the filtering criteria.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.