Method for flagging and relating information in a computer system
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Abstract
This document describes a user interface mechanism to relate information from multiple heterogeneous data sources. Data displayed in different regions on a user interface can be related by selection of an element in one region and pinning it. The pinned element acts as a filter for the information in the other regions on the user interface. Successive pinning of elements in other regions allows further filtering of the information in unpinned regions using the context of previously pinned elements.
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52 Claims
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1-36. -36. (canceled)
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37. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for interfacing with a computer display wherein the display comprises a plurality of regions, with each region displaying information associated with at least one of (1) at least one data source and (2) user entered data, the computer-executable instructions performing:
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flagging an element in a first region; and
altering the information displayed in at least one region, different from said first region, based upon said flagged element, wherein said altering includes;
communicating said flagging and said flagged element to at least one of said plurality of regions, different from said first region, relating said flagged element with the information represented by said at least one of said plurality of regions, different from said first region, and displaying the result of the relating operation in the at least one of said plurality of regions, different from said first region. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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