Patent ID: 7509569

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for processing a stored document, comprising: receiving a single image of a document index, the single image of the document index comprising a plurality of thumbnail representations of items, wherein each thumbnail representation is a reduced image of a respective target; determining, from the image of the document index, an image of an action sticker specifying an action that is based on access permission level information included in the action sticker, a location of the image of the action sticker from within the single image of the document index, and locations of the plurality of thumbnail representations of items from within the single image of the document index; identifying a first target based on the location of the image of the action sticker and the location of a thumbnail representation closest to the location of the image of the action sticker on the image of the document index; determining that the first target is a subcollection; identifying a second target based on the location of the image of the action sticker, the second target being a document within the subcollection; and performing the action on the second target, wherein the action comprises automatically modifying access permission levels for the document within the subcollection.