Patent ID: 6816175
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A file system navigator, comprising:a first window displaying a listing of attributes of objects in a file system, each file, directory, and subdirectory in said file system corresponding to one of said objects; an attribute selector for selecting one or more said attributes; and a second window displaying a customized tree-structure image of said file system, as based on which of said attributes is selected, said customized tree-structure image comprising a tree-structure representation of an entirety of said file system wherein only the objects in said file system having said selected one or more attributes are included in said tree-structure representation of said file system; and a third window including a travel box display, said travel box display comprising a representation of files in said file system that satisfy said selected one or more attributes, said travel box display further comprising a direction selector for selecting one of an upward travel direction in said file system and a downward travel direction in said file system, wherein said travel box display and said customized tree-structure image each change to reflect a selection made by said direction selector.