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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
May. 16, 2006
Trace Liggett, Rosemount, MN (US);
Trace Liggett, Rosemount, MN (US);
Thomson Reuters Global Resources, Baar, CH;
Abstract
Legal professionals often conduct online research as part of their efforts to produce documents, such as legal briefs. The present inventor recognized that online research tools and desktop applications, such as word processors, are functionally isolated from each other, forcing users to awkwardly switch between them as they work. Accordingly, the inventor devised, among other things, an exemplary toolbar that resides adjacent an active application window, such as a word processor. In operation, a user selects one or portions of text, such as a name or fact pattern, in the window, and activates the toolbar using a right-click command. Upon activation, a customizable menu is displayed, enabling the user to select from one or more listed workflow tasks and ultimately to cause an online research system to return search results based on the task and text selections.