Patent Document ID: 7966172
Application ID: 11327039

Base Claim:
1. A method for creating an expression to specify a subset of data, comprising: receiving a selection of a command; in response to receiving the selection of the command, displaying a natural language expression that includes the command and at least a first changeable field embedded in the displayed natural language expression; receiving a indication of first data for the first changeable embedded field from a direct interaction with the displayed natural language expression; modifying the natural language expression in response to the first data and displaying the modified natural language expression; displaying an add field indicator; receiving a selection of the add field indicator from a direct interaction with the displayed natural language expression; in response to the selection of the add field indicator, adding a second changeable field embedded in the natural language expression and displaying the natural language expression with the second changeable field embedded in the displayed natural language expression; receiving an indication of second data for the second changeable embedded field from a direct interaction with the displayed natural language expression; and modifying the natural language expression in response to the second data and displaying the modified natural language expression.

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Claim 4:
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: making a copy of a portion of the displayed natural language expression, the copy of the portion of the displayed natural language expression includes one or more changeable embedded fields displayed in the portion of the displayed natural language expression; displaying the copy of the portion of the displayed natural language expression with the one or more changeable embedded fields displayed in the copy of the portion of the displayed natural language expression; changing data in at least one of the one or more changeable embedded fields displayed in the copy of the portion of the displayed natural language expression; modifying the copy of the portion of the displayed natural language expression based on the changing data; displaying the natural language expression with the portion of the displayed natural language expression and the copy of the portion, the copy of the portion being displayed with the changed data in the at least one of the one or more changeable embedded fields.