Patent ID: 8499249

Claim:
A method, comprising: selecting a first action tool from a set of action tools, the first action tool in the set being represented by an image or text string displayed on a first screen display of a computer, each action tool in the set being configured to execute a series of different actions including at least two of the following: (1) a printing action, (2) an e-mailing action, and (3) an archiving action; and applying the first action tool to a plurality of objects by moving the displayed image or text string representing the first action tool over a display position of a representation of each object from the plurality of objects presented on the first screen display, the first action tool being applied to the objects with a single user command effected by one of a single keystroke, a single mouse click, and a single touch on a touch screen at the display position of the representation of the objects using the computer, the action tool processing the objects by executing each of the different actions configured to be executed by the first action tool.