Patent ID: 8185604
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for retrieving information using a server system coupled to a centralized database and at least one client system, said method comprising: storing user preference information in the database including a list of functions defined by a user of the at least one client system for inclusion within a function menu, wherein each function is associated by the user with at least one universal resource locator (URL) and a computer-implemented command for performing the associated function, causing the function menu to be displayed on the client system to prompt the user to select a desired function from the list of user-defined functions included within the function menu to apply the selected function to a selected object, wherein the selected object is an object included within an electronic document displayed on the at least one client system and selected by the user; receiving, at the server system, the selected object and the selected function from the at least one client system; processing the selected object by sequentially applying the at least two separate processing requirements to apply the selected function to the selected object at the server system to generate a processed object, the processing comprising: determining whether further processing of each processing result is necessary to complete the selected function; transmitting at least one of each processing result and other output to the client system; causing the client system to process the at least one resulting web page and the other output; and prompting the user to select a command to perform using the at least one resulting web page.