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Method and apparatus for supporting context links for application program text

  • US 7,665,083 B2
  • Filed: 04/22/2005
  • Issued: 02/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • creating a context link associated with a text element of a document at an application program executing on a computer system;

    storing the context link in a memory associated with the application program;

    receiving a request to open the context link;

    identifying a set of data objects associated with the text elementdisplaying a list including a subset of the identified data objects that are associated with the text element and a user authorization level;

    displaying information to distinguish listed data objects;

    receiving a selection of a data object from the displayed list;

    identifying the selected data object as the default data object for future selections of the context link;

    storing an association between the selected data object and the document in a back-end computer system;

    displaying a list of actions associated with the selected data object; and

    receiving a selection from the list of actions associated with the selected data object.

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