Patent ID: 8615535
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A data processing system for marking a file, the data processing system comprising: a bus system; a communications system connected to the bus system; a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes a set of instructions; and a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to: store the file in a directory in a file system in response to receiving the file as an attachment to an email; in response to selecting a properties menu option of identify file, associate an indicia representative of one of additional file identification attributes selected from a set of predetermined file indicia with the file and in response to selecting a properties menu option of use directory indicia, associate an indicia representative of one of the additional file identification attributes selected from a set of predetermined directory indicia with the directory, wherein the additional file identification attributes selected mark the file and mark the directory with respective indicia and wherein the additional file identification attributes selected are propagated upward through a hierarchical directory structure to a top level directory and supplement existing file system identification; display the file using the indicia representative of the additional file identification attributes as a marked file; and display the directory using the indicia representative of the additional file identification attributes as a marked directory.