Patent ID: 6370538
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
In a document management system which employs properties to organize documents, a direct manipulation interface for visualizing document properties, comprising:a repository which holds documents and attached properties; a first visual containment structure configured to portray representations of documents in the repository having a first property type; a second visual containment structure configured to portray representations of documents in the repository having a second property type; a representation of a first document having the first property type, stored in the first containment structure; a movement mechanism designed to move the representation of the first document, portrayed in the first containment structure, to a location in the second containment structure; a property analyzer which senses operation of the movement mechanism and analyzes properties attached to the first document when the representation of the first document is to be moved into the second containment structure; and a property changer which alters at least one of the properties of the first document based on information received from the property analyzer.