Patent ID: 8141106

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for managing a plurality of data elements, the method executed by one or more processors configured to perform a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations comprising: receiving, at a server system, from a local system, a request to browse a directory of indicators representing a plurality of data elements, the plurality of data elements including legacy elements in a first form that are stored on a legacy system and local elements in a second form that are stored on the local system, wherein the legacy elements are not processable by the local system in the first form; identifying, at the server system, one or more local elements of the plurality of data elements and one or more legacy elements of the plurality of data elements; generating, at the server system, a display of the indicators representing the plurality of data elements, wherein the display indicates that the plurality of data elements reside at the local system; transmitting the display from the server system to the local system; receiving a selection at the server system, from the local system, the selection identifying at least one of the plurality of data elements, wherein the at least one of the plurality of data elements includes one or more legacy elements; and executing, by the server system, an action on the one or more legacy elements of the legacy system, wherein the action is based on the selection.