Toolbar document content sharing

• US 20070157104A1
• Filed: 12/30/2005
• Published: 07/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Tang, Na, Mendes da Costa, Alex, Blain, Matthew
• Granted Patent: US 8,732,614 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

A system may provide a toolbar in a browser at a client, where the toolbar permits user selection from multiple different services for sharing document content. The system may receive a selection of a first one of the multiple different services from a user via the toolbar and may receive a selection of content of a first document browsed by the user. The system may post the selected content in a second document associated with the first one of the multiple different services.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

providing a menu listing multiple different services to a user for sharing content with other users;

receiving a selection of one of the multiple different services from the menu; and

providing user selected content to the one of the multiple different services.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing the user selected content to the other users via the one of the multiple different services.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a document to the user via a browser; and

receiving a selection of content in the document from the user as the user selected content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the menu is provided in a toolbar of a browser.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple different services include an e-mail service, a blog service, a short message service (SMS), and an instant messaging (IM) service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the user selected content to the one of the multiple different services comprises:

posting the user selected content in a document associated with the one of the multiple different services.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user selected content includes an entirety of a document browsed by the user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the user selected content includes one or more selected portions of a document browsed by the user.

9. A method, comprising:

providing a toolbar in a browser at a client, wherein the toolbar permits user selection from a plurality of different services for sharing document content;

receiving a selection of a first one of the plurality of different services from a user via the toolbar;

receiving a selection of content of a first document browsed by the user; and

posting the selected content in a second document associated with the first one of the plurality of different services.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

sharing the selected content with one or more other users via the first one of the plurality of different services.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of different services includes at least one of an e-mail service, a blog service, a short message service (SMS), or an instant message (IM) service.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the selected content includes an entirety of the first document browsed by the user.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the selected content includes one or more portions of the first document browsed by the user.

14. A graphical user interface implemented at a computer, comprising:

a first graphical area on a toolbar of the graphical user interface; and

a second graphical area activated by selection of the first graphical area, wherein the second graphical area lists multiple services that can be selected by a user for sharing document content, wherein the multiple at least one of the multiple services includes an e-mail service, a blog service and, a short message service (SMS), or an instant message service.

15. The graphical user interface of claim 14, wherein the first graphical area comprises a button on the toolbar.

16. The graphical user interface of claim 15, wherein the second graphical area comprises a drop-down menu that is displayed in the graphical user interface upon user selection of the first graphical area, wherein the list of multiple services is displayed in the drop-down menu.

17. The graphical user interface of claim 14, further comprising:

a third area of the graphical user interface from which the user selects content that is shared via one of the multiple services.

18. The graphical user interface of claim 17, further comprising:

a fourth area of the graphical user interface into which the user selected content is posted prior to being shared via the one of the multiple services.

19. A system, comprising:

means for providing a menu listing a plurality of services to a user for sharing content with other users;

means for receiving a selection of one of the plurality of services from the menu; and

means for providing user selected content to the one of the plurality of services.

20. A computer-readable medium that stores computer-executable instructions, comprising:

instructions for providing a toolbar in a client browser, where the toolbar permits user selection from a plurality of different services for sharing document content;

instructions for receiving a selection of a first one of the plurality of different services from a user via the toolbar;

instructions for receiving a selection of content of a first document browsed by the user; and

instructions for posting the selected content in a second document associated with the first one of the plurality of different services.

21. A method, comprising:

providing a toolbar in a browser at a client, wherein the toolbar permits user selection of an e-mail service for sharing document content;

receiving a selection of the email service from a user via the toolbar; and

sharing user selected document content with one or more other users via the email service.

22. A method, comprising:

providing a toolbar in a browser at a client, wherein the toolbar permits user selection of a short message service (SMS) for sharing document content;

receiving a selection of the SMS service from a user via the toolbar; and

sharing user selected document content with one or more other users via the SMS service.

23. A method, comprising:

providing a toolbar in a browser at a client, wherein the toolbar permits user selection of an instant messaging (IM) service for sharing document content;

receiving a selection of the IM service from a user via the toolbar; and

sharing user selected document content with one or more other users via the IM service.