Patent ID: 8645852

Claim:
A method of quoting content from a post in a discussion forum comprising: selecting content within a source post of a first page of the discussion forum provided by a server; performing a drag operation wherein a representation of the selected content is dragged in coordination with motion of an onscreen pointer; responsive to the drag operation, storing, within the server, a state of the first page of the discussion forum comprising the source post, wherein the state specifies which portions of the first page are visible; during the drag operation, loading and displaying at least a second page of the discussion forum responsive to a user selection of a page navigation control that causes a different page than is currently displayed to be loaded, wherein the page navigation control is selected during the drag operation; when the drag operation terminates and the onscreen pointer is not located over an open reply form of the discussion forum, reloading the first page, recalling the state of the first page of the discussion forum from the server, and changing the view to display the first page in the recalled state; and when the drag operation terminates with the onscreen pointer being located over an open reply form on the at least a second page of the discussion forum, inserting a copy of the selected content within the open reply form in the discussion forum upon termination of the drag operation.