Patent ID: 8769416

Claim:
A method of displaying object record information via a user interface in a web page provided in a web browser of a client machine, the method comprising: receiving a first request to display in the user interface first secondary object record information associated with a first secondary object record stored in a first database on a first server, the user interface including a plurality of primary and secondary user interface components, each of the plurality of primary and secondary user interface components comprising a respective tab displayed within the web page, the first secondary object record associated with a primary object record, the primary object record stored in a second database on a second server and having associated primary object record information; determining that the requested first secondary object record information should be opened in a secondary user interface component; identifying a first primary user interface component of the user interface, the first primary user interface component associated with the secondary user interface component; retrieving the primary object record information of the primary object record for display in the identified first primary user interface component at the client machine without refreshing the web page; retrieving the requested first secondary object record information for display in the secondary user interface component at the client machine without refreshing the web page; receiving a second request to display in the user interface a second secondary object record information associated with a second secondary object record; determining that the second secondary object record is not associated with any primary object record; determining that the requested second secondary object record information should be opened in a second primary user interface component; and retrieving the requested second secondary object record information for display in the second primary user interface component at the client machine without refreshing the web page.