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US 2004/0205654 A1Published application
System and method for enabling a user to select documents from a display of a summary view of documents and to create a list of the selected documents
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorJeffrey N. Eisen
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Abstract
A computer system and computer implemented method that allows a user to select one or more of the documents that are listed in a summary view of documents and creates a list of the selected documents. Advantageously, for each selected document, the list includes document summary data pertaining to the selected document and a hyperlink to the selected document.
Claims22
A computer implemented method, comprising the steps of:
- displaying a summary view of one or more documents to a user;
- enabling the user to select one or more of the documents listed in the summary view;
- receiving an indication from the user that the user desires to have the computer create a list of the documents selected by the user and store the list in a system clipboard;
- and
- creating a list of the selected documents and storing the list in the system clipboard in response to receiving the indication from the user, wherein
- for each document selected by the user, the list includes document summary data pertaining to the selected document and a hyperlink to the selected document.
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A computer system, comprising:
- means for displaying a summary view of one or more documents to a user;
- means for enabling the user to select one or more of the documents listed in the summary view;
- means for receiving an indication from the user that the user desires to have the computer create a list of the documents selected by the user and store the list in a system clipboard;
- and
- means for creating a list of the selected documents and storing the list in the system clipboard in response to receiving the indication from the user, wherein
- for each document selected by the user, the list includes document summary data pertaining to the selected document and a hyperlink to the selected document.
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A computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code for displaying a summary view of one or more documents to a user;
- computer readable program code that enables the user to select one or more of the documents listed in the summary view;
- computer readable program code for receiving an indication from the user that the user desires to have the computer create a list of the documents selected by the user and store the list in a system clipboard;
- and
- computer readable program code for creating a list of the selected documents and storing the list in the system clipboard in response to receiving the indication from the user, wherein
- for each document selected by the user, the list includes document summary data pertaining to the selected document and a hyperlink to the selected document.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.