Patent ID: 7386808

Claim:
A computer implemented apparatus for selecting an action for a file and application pairing, comprising: a processor; a display device, communicatively coupled with said processor; means for depicting a graphical user interface (GUI) on said display device, said graphical user interface providing at least one graphical representation of a file and at least one graphical representation of an application; and a pointing device communicatively coupled with said processor; said pointing device implementing a visual association of said at least one graphical representation of a file with said at least one graphical representation of an application, wherein said visual association is performed by dragging said at least one graphical representation of a file to said at least one graphical representation of an application, and wherein said visual association results in pairing said file and application; wherein upon said visual association of said at least one graphical representation of a said file with said at least one graphical representation of said application said processor causes said GUI to display menu of actions, said menu associated with said file and application pairing; and wherein upon selection of an action from said menu, said application represented by said at least one graphical representation of an application performs said action on said file represented by said at least one graphical representation of said life.