Patent ID: 7681135

Claim:
A composite source user interface generator comprising: means adapted for receiving a query corresponding to a user interface element associated with a graphical document processing device control element on a display of an associated user interface; means adapted for directing an instruction corresponding to a received query to a corresponding data document of an associated remote data storage, the data document including a plurality of text strings; means adapted for receiving display data from the data document of the remote data storage, the display data including a plurality of graphical depictions, each of which has one of the plurality of text strings corresponding thereto; means adapted for performing an operation on the data document corresponding to the query and received document data so as to generate a plurality of display views corresponding thereto; means adapted for communicating received display data to the associated user interface so as to generate an indicia thereon inclusive of a graphical element and corresponding text string retrieved from the data document, such that the combination is reflective of the performed operation in each of the plurality of views; means adapted for sensing a modification to the data document; notification means adapted for commencing an update of display data of the indicia in accordance with a sensed modification so as to synchronize content of the data document with the indicia such that modifications made to the data document are reflected simultaneously in the indicia by a display of the content in accordance with the graphical document processing device control element in each of the plurality of views; means adapted for receiving selection data on the associated user interface corresponding to a selection of the graphical element; and means adapted for commencing the operation on at least one selected electronic document device in accordance with an operation linked to the selected graphical element.