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Method and system for enhancing paste functionality of a computer software application

  • US 20040172584A1
  • Filed: 02/28/2003
  • Published: 09/02/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of enhancing the paste functionality of a computer software application, comprising:

  • opening a first document via a providing application;

    selecting data from the first document for pasting to a second document via a consuming application;

    saving the selected data to a memory location;

    saving data associated with the selected data to the memory location for providing the consuming application information about the selected data;

    if the data associated with the selected data identifies a first namespace associated with the selected data identifying one or more data types associated with the selected data, providing the first namespace to the consuming application;

    selecting one of the one or more data types for pasting the selected data to the second document; and

    obtaining a resource associated with the selected data type for preparing the data for pasting to the second document by the consuming application.

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