Patent ID: 7483874

Claim:
A computer implemented method for marking a file, the computer implemented method comprising: responsive to receiving the file as an attachment to an email, storing the file in a directory in a file system; associating an indicia with the file and the directory using a policy database, wherein the indicia comprises an abbreviated identifier, an indicator, and at least one of a background icon color, an icon text color, and an icon text background color, and wherein the indicia is further selected from an options menu associated with the file; correlating, using the policy database, an originator of the email with the file, and wherein the indicia is further associated with the originator; displaying the file using the indicia as a marked file; displaying the directory using the indicia as a marked directory; searching the file system to locate the indicia; responsive to locating the indicia, retrieving contents of the file system that contain the indicia; responsive to a selection of the marked directory, displaying the marked file stored within the marked directory; and responsive to receiving a command to edit the indicia, editing the indicia, wherein editing the indicia comprises editing the indicator to specify at least one of “urgent,” “unread,” “needs review,” and “come back to later.”