Patent ID: 7269796
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of viewing information within a window of a graphical user interface (GUI), said information acquired from an integrated network comprising a plurality of disparate systems storing information in different formats and on different media, the method comprising the steps of: generating method selection information, the method selection information identifying a method of operating a server coupled to the integrated network; generating object selection information, the object selection information including a key; acquiring a superset of information, based on the key, from the plurality of disparate systems through the server, the superset of information associated with the object selection information and existing in a plurality of different formats as associated with the plurality of disparate systems; generating view mode information defining the format in which the information is to be viewed; retrieving, based on the view mode information, a subset of the superset of information that exists in the defined format; and displaying the retrieved subset of the superset of information in a window within the GUI.