Patent ID: 7353457

Claim:
A method for providing access to stored data objects, the method comprising: representing a first arrangement of data objects comprising a first set of documents as a first graphical structure in a graphical user interface (GUI; concurrently representing a second arrangement of data objects comprising a second set of documents as a second graphical structure in the GUI; combining the first and second graphical structures in the GUI defining a plurality of user-selectable graphical objects each providing access to one or more data objects associated with a corresponding portion of the combined first and second arrangements, the combined first and second graphical structures including at least one overlapping region defining one of the user-selectable objects providing access to the first and second arrangements of data objects and one or more of the first and second set of documents, wherein the first arrangement is based on a date or time, and the first graphical structure includes an area divided into a number of arc-sections, wherein each arc-section represents a duration of the date or time.