Patent ID: 8290958

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of identifying, from at least one of a plurality of documents stored in electronic storage, text for inclusion in a new document, the method comprising: issuing a user-specified query for documents in the electronic storage matching at least one parameter specified in the query, wherein the query is specified via at least one user interface; receiving, in response to issuance of the query, at least one document matching the at least one parameter; identifying topical sections in the at least one document; displaying, via the at least one user interface, names of the identified topical sections in the at least one document without displaying the entirety of the text of each of the identified topical sections; associating at least one indicator with each of the identified topical sections, each of the indicators being in either a selected state or a non-selected state; displaying for each of the identified topical sections, the at least one indicator associated with it, each displayed indicator comprising information indicating whether it is in the selected state or the non-selected state; providing, in the at least one user interface, a capability for a user to view text from at least one of the identified topical sections, a capability for the user to select at least one portion of the text of the at least one of the identified topical sections for inclusion in the new document, and a capability for the user to selectively alter the state of each displayed indicator for the identified topical sections; and in response to receiving user input via the at least one user interface indicating that the user has finished altering the states of the displayed indicators, copying into the new document text from each identified topical section for which the at least one displayed indicator associated therewith comprises information indicating it is in the selected state.