Patent ID: 8407613

Claim:
A method, comprising: at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display: concurrently displaying on the touch screen display a plurality of distinct predefined regions, the predefined regions including: a source region that includes a first plurality of icons, wherein a respective icon in the first plurality of icons represents a folder or a file in a hierarchical level in a first hierarchical directory, a command region that includes a plurality of directory management command icons, and a destination region that includes a plurality of folder icons that represent folders in a hierarchical level in a second hierarchical directory; detecting a first command association input by a user on the touch screen display, wherein a command association input is distinct from a command performance input, and wherein detecting the first command association input by the user on the touch screen display includes: detecting a contact on the first icon in the first plurality of icons in the source region; and detecting movement of the contact to the first directory management command icon in the plurality of directory management command icons without breaking contact with the touch screen display; in response to detecting the first command association input by the user on the touch screen display, associating a first icon in the first plurality of icons in the source region with a first directory management command icon in the plurality of directory management command icons; displaying the first icon in the command region when the first icon is associated with the first directory management command icon; after detecting the first command association input, detecting a first command performance input by the user on the touch screen display, wherein the first command performance input includes selection of a first folder icon in the plurality of folder icons in the destination region, and wherein detecting the first command performance input by the user on the touch screen display includes detecting movement of the contact from the first directory management command icon to the first folder icon in the plurality of folder icons in the destination region without breaking contact with the touch screen display; and, in response to detecting the first command performance input by the user on the touch screen display, performing a directory management operation on a folder or file that corresponds to the first icon in the first plurality of icons, wherein the directory management operation is in accordance with the first directory management command icon and the selected first folder icon in the plurality of folder icons in the destination region.