Patent Document ID: 5563996
Application ID: 08127211
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for manipulating notes on the screen of a computer display, the method comprising: generating an initial note area on a screen of a computer display; dividing said initial note area into a plurality of note areas in response to at least one division gesture implemented by moving a pointing means across the width of the screen such that a left edge of the division gesture is within a first defined distance of a left side of said computer display and a right edge of the division gesture is within a second defined distance of a right side of said computer display, wherein the division gesture is made in a horizontal motion having a slope of less than a predefined slope value, wherein each division gesture creates divider indicia on said semen which visually separates two adjacent note areas and which divider indicia includes one or more header function buttons specifying a command to be taken on a note associated with the divider indicia; modifying the size of a selected note area in response to a sizing gesture made to a divider indicia associated with said selected note area; and scrolling at least some of the plurality of note areas such that they are sequentially displayed in response to a scrolling command, wherein the plurality of note areas have arbitrary sizes and are at least initially delimited by the division gestures.