Patent ID: 8261197
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A machine readable storage medium containing program instructions which cause a data processing system to perform a method comprising: displaying an email message body; recognizing a user highlighting a portion of the email message body, the portion of the email message body being less than all of the email message body; in response to a user selecting a feature displayed on a user interface, concurrently creating a note and To do item, the note identified as a note, the To do item identified as a To do item, the To do item being part of the note such that when the note is displayed, the To do item is displayed within the displayed note and separately identified as a To do item within the displayed note, the text of the note and the To do item being the portion of the email message body; storing the note as an entry in a note database which is separate from a To do database; storing the To do item in the To do database; receiving an input within either a note view or a To do view to edit the To do item and causing the note to be edited and causing the To do item to be edited in response to the input.