Patent Document ID: 7861253
Application ID: 10991089

Base Claim:
1. A network-based system for accessing and updating information from an on-line business intelligence system through a productivity client comprising: a multi-level interface client providing access to report files in the business intelligence system to at least one productivity client, the multi-level interface client comprising a graphical user interface (GUI) layer, an application program interface (API) layer, a productivity client adapter layer and a kernel layer, wherein each time a report is executed by the business intelligence system for the at least one productivity client, persistence information is stored by the multi-level interface client in a file of the productivity client containing the report.

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Claim 12:
12. The system according to claim 1 , the persistence information comprising information about the report itself, the network connection used to execute the report, display properties, and layout information specific to the productivity client in which the report is displayed.