Patent ID: 7873916

Claim:
A method for providing, in a graphical user interface (GUI) for a computer system, a visual cue to a user, the method comprising: receiving a first user selection of an icon that comprises a background region; receiving a user selection of a first color to color label the icon; in response to the user selection of the first color, applying the first color to the background region of the icon in order to color label the icon; receiving a second user selection of the icon after the application of the first color to the background region of the icon; and in response to the second user selection of the icon, replacing said first color of said background region with a second color in a first section of the background region in order to identify the selection of the icon while retaining said first color in a second section of said background region in order to retain an indication of the color label of the icon, wherein the second section is a geometric shape.