Patent ID: 7188319

Claim:
In an operating system configured to support a plurality of file types, a method for displaying a plurality of files, a first file having a first file type and a second file having a second file type, wherein a set of relevant properties of each file type is stored by the operating system, the method comprising: associating by the operating system a first property with the first file type, and storing by the operating system a value corresponding to the first property for the first file; associating by the operating system a second property with the second file type, and storing by the operating system a value corresponding to the second property for the second file, wherein the second property is different from the first property, and wherein at least one of the first property and the second property are not user-assignable properties; displaying a value stored by the operating system corresponding to the first property of the first file at a location relative to a first graphical representation of the first file; and displaying a value stored by the operating system corresponding to the second property of the second file at the same location relative to a second graphical representation of the second file.