Patent ID: 7921355

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for manipulating a record list, in which records in the record list may be individually selected, comprising: displaying in an interactive interface the record list, in which records in the record list may be individually selected; accessing a set of record classification rules, wherein the record classification rules include exclusionary criteria and inclusionary criteria; receiving, via the interactive interface, one of at least two distinct classification inputs providing one of at least two distinct indicia to records in the record list to indicate a respective record classification, wherein the at least two distinct indicia indicate selected records and excluded records; classifying, based upon the classification inputs and the classification rules, at least a subset of records in the record list to produce a list of classified records classified as selected and excluded records; classifying any records in the record list not in the list of selected and excluded classified records to produce a list of records classified as undecided records; receiving, via the interactive interface, selection of one or more of a plurality of topic categories to associate with the classified records, wherein the selection indicates that the classified records are categorized; and selectively processing the records according to a respective classification and categorization thereof, wherein the processing comprises applying a set of functions to the categorized records.