Patent ID: 7075550

Claim:
A method for graphically representing properties of files on a computer display, said method comprising: determining a first file property of a file to be graphically represented on the display; associating a first color assignment with the file, the color assigned being indicative of the first file property that is determined; determining at least a second file property of the file to be graphically represented on the display; associating a second color assignment with the file, the second color assigned being indicative of the second file property that is determined; and displaying at least a portion of at least one of text and graphics on the display in the first color assigned to graphically indicate the first file property to a user and displaying the second color on at least a portion of at least one of the graphics and text to graphically indicate the second file property to the user, wherein the at least one of text and graphics are indicative of the file, the properties of which are being displayed.