Patent Document ID: 7685507
Application ID: 09766949

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method in which a computer system initiates execution of software instructions stored in memory for editing a form calculation, the computer-implemented method comprising: displaying a hyperlink for an element in the form calculation, the form calculation being a database query and the form calculation including a mathematical formula, displaying the hyperlink to indicate to a user that a control is available for the element, the hyperlink including at least one hyperlink target, the hyperlink target identified by a link to a choice satisfying the element on the form calculation, the hyperlink providing one of the group consisting of (i) a link from the form calculation to another location, wherein the another location is identified by a reference to valid variables in the hyperlink target and (ii) a link from the form calculation to another file, wherein the another file is identified by a reference to a selection of choices in the hyperlink target; upon a selection of the hyperlink by the user, presenting the control for user interaction, the control displaying a list of choices satisfying the element in the form calculation; receiving a selection from the list of choices; and upon completion of user interaction with the control and in response to receiving the selection, replacing the element with a new element corresponding to the selection, displaying the hyperlink for the new element in the form calculation, and causing the presented control to disappear.

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Claim 6:
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the hyperlink for the element in the form calculation includes displaying the hyperlink using color coding and formatting to distinguish the hyperlink from other parts of the form calculation that do not have a hyperlink.