Patent ID: 6323853
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computerized method for information handling within a document created using an application program, the document including first information provided therein, the method comprising:providing a record retrieval program;providing an input device configured to enter an execute command which initiates a record retrieval from an information source using the record retrieval program;upon a single entry of the execute command by means of the input device:analyzing the document to determine if the first information is contained therein, andif the first information is contained in the document, searching, using the record retrieval program, the information source for second information associated with the first information; andwhen the information source includes second information associated with the first information, performing at least one of,(a) displaying the second information,(b) inserting the second information in the document, and(c) completing the first information in the document based on the second information.