Patent Document ID: 7584180
Application ID: 11475898

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for enabling response to a query, the method comprising: receiving a query entered by a first user using a computer system; creating a selectable link that is representative of the query entered by the first user; causing a scrolling display of other selectable links that are representative of other received queries to be displayed by another computer system; causing the selectable link that is representative of the query entered by the first user to be added to the scrolling display displayed by the other computer system; receiving, from the other computer system, an indication of a selection, from within the scrolling display and by a second user, of the selectable link that is representative of the query entered by the first user; in response to receiving the indication of the selection of the selectable link that is representative of the query entered by the first user, providing a mechanism for responding to the query entered by the first user; and receiving, from the second user, a response to the query entered by the first user using the provided mechanism for responding.

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Claim 8:
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein: creating a selectable link that is representative of the query entered by the first user comprises converting the received query entered by the first user into a hyperlink; causing the selectable link that is representative of the query entered by the first user to be added to the scrolling display displayed by the other computer system comprises causing the hyperlink to be added to the scrolling display displayed by the other computer system; and receiving the indication of the selection of the selectable link that is representative of the query entered by the first user comprises receiving an indication of a selection of the hyperlink.