Patent ID: 6924827
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a computer system including a user interface and a persistent storage mechanism, a computer implemented method for coding and formatting a user-selected set of data in electronic format, the method comprising: receiving the set of data from an external source; capturing the received set of data, without opening a new program view within the user interface, onto a data target icon that operates independently from any concurrently active program and appears in the user interface concurrently with an open program view of said concurrently active program while allowing the user to concurrently work with said concurrently active program; populating a gem data object field for inserting the captured set of data therein to code and format the captured set of data so as to create a gem data object containing the captured set of data, and coding and formatting information of the captured set of data; and viewing the captured set of data by expanding the data target icon into at least one window containing information relating to the captured set of data.