Patent ID: 8239381
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically presenting a search interface facility on a display comprising: receiving a search criteria; determining that a first amount of files within the file location have file content that matches the search criteria, wherein the file content is the subject matter of a file; determining that a plurality of attributes associated with one or more files have a file attribute value that matches the search criteria, wherein a file attribute is a characteristic of the file; for each of the plurality of attributes, determining how many files contain an attribute value that matches the search criteria; and outputting for display a search box having a first panel and a second panel, wherein the first panel displays each of the plurality of attributes with an indication adjacent to each of the plurality of attributes, wherein the indication communicates how many times an attribute displayed adjacent to the indication has an attribute value for a file that matches the search criteria, and wherein the second panel displays the first amount of files that have file content that matches the search criteria.