Patent ID: 8478802

Claim:
At a computer system, the computer system including a processor, the computer system under the control of an organization, the organization including a plurality of functional groups, the computer system included in a functional group, the functional group selected from among the plurality of functional groups, the computer system connected to a network along with a remote computer system, a method for grouping computer files at the computer system the method comprising: receiving an organization wide group definition over a network connection, the organization wide group definition having been defined on the remote computer system, the organization wide group definition defining how files are to be grouped within the organization, the organization wide group definition having a unique identifier used to distinguish nomenclature of the organization wide group definition from nomenclatures of other group definitions; accessing a further group definition applicable the functional group, the further group definition defining how to files are to grouped within the functional group, the further group definition differing from the organization wide group definition, the further group definition having a further unique identifier used to distinguish nomenclature of the further group definition from nomenclatures of other group definitions, including the organization wide group definition the processor presenting links to a plurality of computer files in alternate groups in parallel with one another such that each of the plurality of computer files can be accessed using any of the alternate groups, including: formulating a group of links to the plurality of computer files in accordance with the organization wide group definition, including associating the group of links with the unique identifier; formulating a further different group of links to the plurality of computer files in accordance with the further group definition, including associating the group of links with the further unique identifier; and presenting both the group of links and the further different group of links at the computer system to provide access to the plurality of computer files receiving a reference to subdirectory label, the reference including a reference unique identifier; determining that the subdirectory label is included in both the group of links and the further group of links; and comparing the reference unique identifier to the unique identifier and the further unique identifier to determine if the reference refers to the subdirectory label in the organization wide group definition or if the reference refers to the subdirectory label in the further group definition.