Patent ID: 7447990

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising the steps of: displaying a summary view of one or more entries, wherein each of the one or more entries is associated with a document and includes summary data regarding the associated document; enabling a user to select one or more of the entries listed in the summary view; receiving input from the user to create a reusable list of the selected entries and to store the list in a system clipboard; creating the reusable list of the selected entries and storing the reusable list in the system clipboard in response to the input received from the user, wherein for each of the one or more selected entries, the reusable list includes document summary data pertaining to the document associated with the selected entry, and a hyperlink to the document associated with the selected entry, not a copy of the document, and wherein the reusable list is able to be pasted into one or more documents or transferred to one or more programs in addition to the program displaying the summary view; and in response to the user selecting a hyperlink from the reusable list, displaying a current version of a document associated with the hyperlink, including any changes made to the document subsequent to creating the reusable list.