Accessing, viewing and manipulation of references to non-modifiable data objects
First Claim
1. A method for accessing, viewing and manipulating data stored in a computer system having one or more computers, the method comprising:
- storing a set of entries in a permanent archive on one of the computers of the computer system;
storing a collection of references to one or more of the entries in a notebook on one of the computers;
displaying the collection of references and one or more of the entries in a window of one of the computers; and
manipulating the collection of references in the notebook.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for accessing, viewing and manipulating data stored in a computer system. This is achieved by selecting one or more of the non-modifiable data objects stored in a computer system, creating references to the selected objects and adding the references to a reference list. The reference list is then manipulated to allow a user to add to, remove from or search the references in the reference list. In some embodiments, different operations are performed by different computers connected to a computer network such as the Internet. In such cases, data objects are stored on a server computer and searched by client computers connected to the server computer over the network. A reference list is stored on the client computers and can be directly manipulated by the user without a need for further interaction with the server computer.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for accessing, viewing and manipulating data stored in a computer system having one or more computers, the method comprising:
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storing a set of entries in a permanent archive on one of the computers of the computer system;
storing a collection of references to one or more of the entries in a notebook on one of the computers;
displaying the collection of references and one or more of the entries in a window of one of the computers; and
manipulating the collection of references in the notebook. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
identifying a set of group entries from the set of entries; automatically forwarding the set of group entries to the permanent archive; and
automatically forwarding references to the set of group entries to one or more computers associated with the group.
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