Patent ID: 7219104
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at one or more processors of a computer, an indication of a source instance of an object type wherein the source instance has one or more associated attribute values and is associated with one or more source referring instances, with each source referring instance having one or more associated attribute values; receiving, at the one or more processors of the computer, an indication of a target instance of the object type, wherein the target instance i) has one or more associated attribute values, ii) corresponds to the source instance, and iii) is associated with one or more target referring instances, with each target referring instance having one or more associated attribute values; accessing the source instance from electronic storage; accessing the target instance from electronic storage; displaying, on a display device of the computer, at least one attribute value of a source referring instance; displaying, on the display device, at least one attribute value of a target referring instance, the displayed target referring instance corresponding to the displayed source referring instance; receiving user input that identifies at least one attribute value associated with the displayed source referring instance that is to be associated with the displayed target referring instance; and storing, in electronic storage, the identified at least one attribute value in association with the displayed target referring instance that is associated with the target instance.