Patent ID: 7219302

Claim:
A computer-readable storage medium containing a set of instructions for a general purpose computer having access to storage for computer files, such files comprising (a) executable application programs that generate various kinds of application type files and (b) application type files, the computer providing a computing environment via a user interface comprising an input responsive to user commands and a display capable of presenting the computer files in a general folder structure, the computer-readable storage medium further comprising: code for storing and manipulating in response to user commands different kinds of application type files within said general folder structure, said general folder structure having one or more activity folders; code for sending and receiving communication files from and to said general folder structure, wherein a communication file comprises one or more application type files; code for automatically associating the individual application type files comprising a communication with each other; code for saving any new file created with any application accessible to the user's computing environment into any activity folder within the general folder structure; and code for manipulating computer files within the activity folders, thereby allowing a user to group and organize subjectively related files of various application types within any of said activity folders, including grouping files which are associated with communications together with files which are not associated with communications within any of said activity folders.