Patent ID: 7426700
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method in a graphical user interface environment to display a set of items within a content collection, comprising: obtaining, from a plurality of the items, data describing an item type for one or more items of the plurality of the items wherein the data describing the item type is a file extension and the items are files; determining, based upon the obtained item types, a distribution of the types of items within the content collection; categorizing the content collection based upon the determined distribution to assign a category to the content collection based on a largest number of the item types in the distribution; presenting the content collection on a display device in a single format corresponding to the assigned category; and recording the category in a memory for the content collection, wherein upon a subsequent access of the content collection the category is known, wherein presenting the content collection comprises determining a best view from a plurality of views consistent with the assigned category, and wherein presenting the content collection in a single format comprises displaying a representation of each of the files consistent with the best view.