System and method for generating a composite source user interface

A method for generating a composite source user interface comprising the steps of:

• receiving a query corresponding to a user interface element associated with a graphical document processing device control element on a display of an associated user interface;
• directing an instruction corresponding to a received query to a corresponding data document of a corresponding remote data storage, the data document including a plurality of text strings;
• receiving display data from the data document of the remote data storage, the display data including a plurality of graphical depictions, each of which has one of the plurality of text strings corresponding thereto;
• performing an operation on the data document corresponding to the query and received document data so as to generate a plurality of display views corresponding thereto;
• communicating received display data to the associated user interface so as to generate an indicia thereon inclusive of a graphical element and corresponding text string retrieved from the data document, such that the combination is reflective of the performed operation in each of the plurality of views;
• sensing a modification to the data document;
• commencing an update of display data of the indicia in accordance with a sensed modification so as to synchronize content of the data document with the indicia such that modifications made to the data document are reflected simultaneously in the indicia by a display of the content in accordance with the graphical document processing device control element in each of the plurality of views;
• receiving selection data on the associated user interface corresponding to a selection of the graphical element;
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• commencing operation on at least one selected electronic document device in accordance with an operation linked to the selected graphical element.

A computer-implemented method for generating a composite source user interface comprising the steps of:

• receiving a query corresponding to a user interface element associated with a graphical document processing device control element on a display of an associated user interface;
• directing an instruction corresponding to a received query to a data document of a corresponding remote data storage, the data document including a plurality of text strings;
• receiving display data from the data document of the remote data storage, the display data including a plurality of graphical depictions, each of which has one of the plurality of text strings corresponding thereto;
• performing an operation on the data document corresponding to the query and received document data so as to generate a plurality of display views corresponding thereto;
• communicating received document data to the associated user interface so as to generate an indicia thereon inclusive of a graphical element and corresponding text string retrieved from the data document, such that the combination is reflective of the performed operation in each of the plurality of views;
• sensing a modification to the data document;
• commencing an update of display data of the indicia in accordance with a sensed modification so as to synchronize content of the data document with the indicia such that modifications made to the data document are reflected simultaneously in the indicia by a display of the content in accordance with the graphical document processing device control element in each of the plurality of views;
• receiving selection data on the associated user interface corresponding to a selection of the graphical element;
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• commencing operation on at least one selected electronic document device in accordance with an operation linked to the selected graphical element.

A composite source user interface generator comprising:

• an input operable to receive a query corresponding to a user interface element associated with a graphical document processing device control element on a display of an associated user interface;
• a processor operable to direct an instruction corresponding to a received query to a corresponding data document of an associated remote data storage, the data document including a plurality of text strings;
• an input operable to receive display data from the data document of the remote data storage, the display data including a plurality of graphical depictions, each of which has one of the plurality of text strings corresponding thereto;
• the processor further operable to perform an operation on the data document corresponding to the query and received document data so as to generate a plurality of display views corresponding thereto;
• an output operable to communicate display data to the associated user interface so as to generate an indicia thereon inclusive of a graphical element and corresponding text string retrieved from the data document, such that the combination is reflective of the performed operation in each of the plurality of views;
• the processor further operable to test for a modification to the data document;
• a notification output operable to output an update of display data of the indicia in accordance with a tested modification so as to synchronize content of the data document with the indicia such that modifications made to the data document are reflected simultaneously in the indicia by a display of the content in accordance with the graphical document processing device control element in each of the plurality of views;
• an input operable to receive selection data on the associated user interface corresponding to a selection of the graphical element;
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• the processor further operable to commence the operation on at least one selected electronic document device in accordance with an operation linked to the selected graphical element.