Patent ID: 8745272

Claim:
A method of providing contextual information via a user interface provided in a web browser, the method comprising: receiving, at a client machine, edited object record information comprising a modification to object record information displayed in attribute fields of a first user interface component of the user interface, the object record information associated with an object record stored in a first database; displaying the edited object record information in the attribute fields of the first user interface component; providing an indication of the edited object record information to a second user interface component of the user interface, the second user interface component displaying contextual information related to the displayed object record information; transmitting, from the client machine to the server, a request for updated contextual information related to the edited object record information, the request including at least a portion of the edited object record information, the request being transmitted without reloading the user interface; and upon receiving the updated contextual information from the server, displaying the updated contextual information in the second user interface component, the second user interface component being a sidebar of the user interface, the updated contextual information being received and displayed without reloading the user interface, the updated contextual information being associated with a contextual object record stored in a second database, the contextual object record being different from the object record associated with the edited object record information.