Patent ID: 7496595

Claim:
A computer implemented method for categorizing directories using categorized objects, the computer implemented method comprising: responsive to receiving a set of objects, storing the set of objects in a directory in a file system; associating one of a set of indicia with each of the set of objects, wherein associating the one of the set of indicia with the each of the set of objects is determined using a priority measure; displaying the set of objects using the set of indicia as marked objects; associating the one of a set of indicia with the directory, wherein associating the one of the set of indicia with the directory is determined using the priority measure; displaying the directory initially using the one of the set of indicia of an earliest stored marked object as a marked directory; responsive to selecting a majority option as the priority measure, determining the one of the set of indicia for a majority of the marked objects in the directory and displaying the directory using the one of the set of indicia of the majority of the marked objects as the marked directory; responsive to selecting an option other than the majority option as the priority measure, displaying the directory using the one of the set of indicia of the option other than the majority option as the marked directory; responsive to a selection of the marked directory, displaying the marked objects stored within the marked directory; responsive to determining marked indicia of the marked objects in a particular directory, toggling the display of the particular directory using each of the marked indicia as the marked directory; responsive to a selection of the marked directory, displaying a percentage of the each of the marked indicia of the marked objects stored within the marked directory; searching the file system to locate content marked with a specific indicia; responsive to locating the specific indicia, retrieving the content marked with the specific indicia from the file system; and responsive to receiving a command to edit the set of indicia, editing the set of indicia.