Patent ID: 7788595

Claim:
A method of switching among management system applications, comprising: displaying data associated with the management system applications using a graphical user interface screen having an application window with a plurality of individual areas and for use with a computerized purchase order management system for at least one of products and services, wherein the application window is configured to display concurrently a worklist in a portion of the application window, the data associated with a first management system application of a subset of the management system applications in a first individual area of the individual areas and the data associated with a second management system application of the subset of the management system applications in a second individual area of the individual areas, wherein the first management system application and the second management system application are associated with an item in the worklist; wherein the application window includes buttons configured to facilitate switching of the subset of the management system applications displayed in the individual areas, and wherein the first individual area and the second individual area are vertically tiled and concurrently permit a user to manipulate the data displayed within the first individual area and the second individual area; receiving a user selection of one of the buttons; and vertically scrolling the management system applications within the graphical user interface screen in response to the received user selection; and displaying concurrently the data associated with the second management system application in the first individual area and the data associated with a third management system application of the subset of the management system applications in the second individual area in response to the received user selection.