Patent ID: 8495102

Claim:
A method for organizing a plurality of objects in a database, the method comprising: accessing a database containing the plurality of objects; defining objects within the plurality of objects as included in a task list of a user; displaying in a single view on a graphical user interface (GUI), a file tree window displaying the defined objects, wherein the file tree window displaying is a link to the defined objects in the database, wherein the defined objects in the database remain available to at least one other user, and an activities window displaying a plurality of categories representing, and limited to, the user's activity(s) with respect to the defined objects, wherein the plurality of categories include files accessed, files modified, files written, and files searched; providing the ability to determine at least one of the following: a time at which each defined object was last accessed by the user; a time at which each defined object was last modified by the user; a time at which each defined object was last searched by the user; the number of times the defined objects have been accessed; the number of times the defined objects have been modified; the number of times the defined objects have been searched; a time at which each of the plurality of objects was last accessed; a time at which each of the plurality of objects was last modified; a time at which each of the plurality of objects was last searched; the number of times each of the plurality of objects has been accessed; the number of times each of the plurality of objects has been modified; or the number of times each of the plurality of objects has been searched; searching the defined objects of the task list of the user; and determining whether another object should be added to the task list of the user.