Patent ID: 6948134

Claim:
A method of creating a Web query in a spreadsheet application program by copying a tabular data object from a first electronic file open in a Web browser program to a second electronic file open in the spreadsheet application program, comprising the steps of: opening the first electronic file in the Web browser program; selecting the tabular data object to be copied to the second electronic file; pasting the tabular data object from the first electronic file to the second electronic file open in the spreadsheet application program; determining whether a first computer command should be displayed; in response to determining that the first computer command should be displayed, inserting the first computer command in a drop-down menu associated with the spreadsheet application program; selecting the first computer command; launching the Web browser program containing the first electronic file in a Web query dialog box open in the spreadsheet program; and selecting the tabular data object from the Web browser program to create the Web query.