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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2009
David G. DE Vorchik, Seattle, WA (US);
Patrice L. Miner, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kenneth M. Tubbs, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul A. Gusmorino, Seattle, WA (US);
Colin Anthony, Kirkland, WA (US);
Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
David G. De Vorchik, Seattle, WA (US);
Patrice L. Miner, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kenneth M. Tubbs, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul A. Gusmorino, Seattle, WA (US);
Colin Anthony, Kirkland, WA (US);
Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for filtering and organizing items in a computer system based on common elements is provided. A graphical user interface includes a plurality of display objects, each display object representing one or more items and a metadata property control corresponding to a metadata property. Selection of the metadata property control causes a list of filter terms to be presented on the display and also may cause a list of check box controls to be presented on the display, each check box control being adjacent to a respective one of the filter terms. The list of filter terms may be presented in a drop down menu. Selection of a check box control causes each item that satisfies the corresponding filter term to be presented on the display. The filters may be dynamically generated based on the properties of the separate items.