Patent ID: 7310636
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A context aware, shortcut enabled method of presenting information through a user interface on a client device, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a context, wherein the context has an initial context value, wherein a context is one or more situational parameters that dictate the semantics of a shortcut; wherein selecting a context further comprises receiving a context from the client device, the context entered by a user through the user interface; receiving a shortcut entered through the user interface, the shortcut having associated with it a shortcut field name set comprising one or more shortcut field names; wherein a shortcut is an abbreviated form of user input; inferring from a context definition table, in dependence upon the context, a context table name and a context field name; selecting information records from an information database in dependence upon the context, the context table name, the shortcut field names, and the context field name, the selecting further comprising creating a query, the query including the context table name as a table for the query, the shortcut field names as field names for the query, and the context and the context field name in a condition for the query; and displaying selected records through the user interface on the client device; assigning, in response to user input through the user interface, a new context value to the context; and repeating, in response to user input from the user interface, the steps of assigning a new context value to the context, inferring a context table name and a context field name, selecting records, and downloading selected records.