Patent ID: 7765489

Claim:
A tangible computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a user interface configured to disseminate information regarding an adverse event that has occurred in a medical study, the user interface comprising: a toolbar having: a first interface element structured and arranged to display at least one button associated with a first webpage in a first area of the toolbar in a first mode of the user interface and to not display the at least one button associated with the first webpage in a second mode of the user interface, the at least one button being selectable, in the first mode, by a user perceiving the user interface to inspire display of the first webpage; and a second interface element structured and arranged to display a description of an adverse event that has occurred in a medical study, the second interface element being selectable by the user perceiving the user interface to inspire display of a second webpage including a detailed description of the adverse event that has occurred in the medical study, the second webpage being different that the first webpage, and the second interface element being structured and arranged to set the user interface to the first mode upon selection of the second interface element, wherein the second interface element has, in the second mode, a first size to display a description of a relatively serious adverse event in a second area on the toolbar that includes the first area, and has, in the first mode, a second size to display a description of a relatively insignificant adverse event in a third area on the toolbar that does not include the first area and is included in the second area, the first size being greater than the second size, and wherein the first interface element is not displayed during display of the description of the relatively serious adverse event, and wherein the first interface element is displayed after the second interface element is selected and the second webpage is displayed.