Patent ID: 7243299

Claim:
In a computer system having a user interface, including a display and a selection device, a method of displaying multiple contexts of electronic documents comprising the steps of: displaying, in the user interface, a first frame, including a first document context, which is the subject of a single navigational focus, the single navigational focus being defined as including a single set of navigational controls in the user interface configured to control all contexts within a frame of the display when the contexts are the subject of the single navigational focus; displaying, in the user interface, a second frame, including a second document context, simultaneously with the first frame, including the first document context, while maintaining the single navigational focus; and displaying a link in the first document context, the link specifying the second document context, and in response to user selection of the link, automatically pinning the first document context and navigating to the second document context and shifting the navigational focus to the second frame, including the second document context, the single set of navigational controls in the user interface configured to control the second document context in the second frame.