Patent ID: 7188317

Claim:
A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising: forming a scope window displaying in a hierarchical structure a plurality of scope items therein; allowing a user to select a particular displayed scope item in the scope window; receiving from a user and/or an administrator a first set of instructions changing content of the particular selected scope item by defining one or more first primary objects to be displayed in a first primary display window; forming the first primary display window in response to the particular selected scope item and in response to the first set of instructions for displaying the one or more first primary objects in the first primary display window, said first primary display window being different from said scope window; receiving from the user and/or administrator a second set of instructions changing the content of the particular selected scope item by defining one or more second primary objects to be displayed in a second primary display window, wherein the first set of instructions is independent of the second set of instructions so that the one or more first primary objects displayed in the first primary display window are independent of the one or more second primary objects displayed in the second primary display window; forming the second primary display window in response to the particular selected scope item and in response to the second set of instructions for displaying the one or more second primary objects in the second primary display window, said second primary display window being different from said scope window and said first primary display window; and linking the first primary objects to the scope window independently of the second primary objects to the scope window, and wherein the scope window persists displaying scope items in the scope window after the forming of the first primary display window and the second primary display window.