Patent ID: 7908562
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-readable storage media having physically embodied thereon a computer program configured to, when executed by a processor, present stored data, the media comprising: a data store including a plurality of items, wherein at least a portion of said plurality of items includes one or more field entries, wherein at least a portion of said plurality of items are associated with at least one of one or more item-types; an explorer residing as a single item in said data store and housing a first set of data defining a query that identifies one or more desired field entries, and wherein said explorer further houses a second set of data defining an explorer display schema having one or more explorer decorations selected for display with items having said one or more desired field entries, wherein said query is formatted to be executed by a database engine; and a shell browser storing one or more item view schemas defining default item decorations to be displayed with items associated with at least one of said one or more item-types, the shell browser being configured to access said explorer and to utilize said first set of data to select items having one or more desired field entries from said data store by executing said query with said database engine and to utilize said second set of data to display said selected items according to said explorer display schema, wherein the shell browser is further configured to identify, for at least a portion of the one or more item-types represented by the selected items, one or more of said default item decorations that do not conflict with said explorer decorations and to present the non-conflicting default item decorations along with the display of the selected items.