Patent ID: 7552390

Claim:
A computing system for allowing data to be entered into a divider bar of a user interface configured to receive and display data regarding an object of care, the computing system comprising: a storage device configured to store digital data, wherein the storage device stores a database comprising data including a plurality of object of care records, at least some of the object of care records comprising (a) at least one category of care associated with a respective object of care and (b) one or more observations or actions associated with respective of the at least one category of care; a processor configured to execute software code in order to generate a window for display on a display device, the window including a work area configured to receive input from a user of the computing system indicating associations between respective categories of care and one or more observations and/or actions; a history area configured to display each of the categories of care associated with a selected object of care and at least one observation or action associated with each of the categories of care; a divider bar positioned between the work area and the history area, said divider bar having a collapsed state that separates the history area and the work area such that movement of the window on the display device moves each of the work area, the history area, and the divider bar concurrently as an integrated unit, and an expanded state comprising one or more text entry fields for receiving text data indicative of a category of care associated with the selected object of care, text data indicative of an observation associated with the category of care, and text data indicative of an action associated with the category of care, wherein the text data received in the one or more text entry fields is stored in the database and associated with the selected object of care, wherein the physical size of the divider bar in said expanded state is larger than the physical size of divider bar in said collapsed state such that the divider bar replaces at least some of the cycle history area or work area when in the expanded state, said divider bar comprising a selectable area having a first state and a second state, wherein when said selectable area is in a first state and said selectable area is selected, said divider bar expands to said expanded state and said selectable area enters said second state; when said selectable area is in said second state and said selectable area is selected, said divider bar collapses to said collapsed state and said selectable area enters said first state.