Patent ID: 7447712

Claim:
A computer readable memory having a plurality of storage locations for storing records in the computer readable memory, said memory comprising: a structured workfolder for storing and organizing electronic documents which each of said documents will exist or will not exist at the time of workfolder creation, the structured workfolder hem created by a template and being a root node; and a contents node in the root node of the structured workfolder, the contents node serving as a base to which elements of the workfolder are linked, the contents node storing primary elements data including document contents as embedded file data, the document contents being of existing primary element documents, said contents node containing one or more placeholders within said workfolder, each placeholder being a slot that has been reserved for new documents to be added to said workfolder via said placeholder, and each placeholder structurally including (i) a file object hook to which a primary element document can later be linked and (ii) a deadline element having a triggering condition field for storing a triggering event and an indicated time period relative to the occurrence of said triggering event.