Patent ID: 7657846
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for representing files, the method comprising: using a processor to receive an identification of a plurality of groups of files, the groups of files to be represented by a plurality of stack icons, which are stored in a system memory that is connected to the processor by a system bus; counting a number of files in each group of files to determine how many files are in each group, wherein the plurality of groups of files includes groups having a range of numbers of files from a largest number of files to a smallest number of files; dividing the plurality of groups of files by size into three equal fractions of groups of files, as signing a stack icon to each of the three equal fractions, the stack icon being selected from the plurality of stack icons, retrieving each of the large-stack icon, the medium-stack icon, and the small-stack icon from the system memory and causing each of the large-stack icon, the medium-stack icon, and the small-stack icon to be displayed on a display device as visual representations of the plurality of groups of files.