Patent ID: 8296785
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving a data set from each of at least a first application program and a second application program running in a computer system, each received data set comprising at least one data element and one or more associated actions that are performed on said data element within the application program from which said data set is received; storing each received data set as one or more data records in a link data store memory device, each record comprising a data element, an identity of the application program from which the data set was received and each associated action that is performed on the data element within the identified application program; sending a consolidated set of stored data records stored in said link data store memory device to each application program from which a data set was received; receiving an input from one of said application programs identifying a data element common to said one application program and to said second application program and specifying an action that is performed on said identified data element from within said second application program; and linking said one application program and said second application program to cause the specified action to be initiated within said second application program by a user of said one application program.