Computer-Implemented Clipboard

• US 20080082932A1
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbH (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Beumer, Bradley R.
• Granted Patent: US 7,624,353 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/770
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]

Abstract

A note can be generated in a clipboard by detecting an information capture operation performed in an application, creating a clipboard item comprising information collected by the information capture operation, wherein the clipboard item is associated with a clipboard, receiving input from a user defining a note, wherein the note includes at least a portion of the clipboard item, and presenting the note in an output text box of the clipboard. Further, a filter can be applied to the information collected by the information capture operation. The filter also can detect an item of meaningful data in the information collected by the information capture operation and execute one or more instructions that correspond to the filter. Additionally, executing the instructions that correspond to the filter can retrieve supporting information from a second application.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting an information capture operation performed in an application;

creating a clipboard item comprising information collected by the information capture operation, wherein the clipboard item is associated with a clipboard;

receiving input from a user defining a note, wherein the note includes at least a portion of the clipboard item; and

presenting the note in an output text box of the clipboard.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving input from the user further comprises receiving one or more items of text.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting the note to a second application, wherein the second application is associated with the clipboard.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting an information capture operation further comprises:

analyzing one or more operating system messages to identify the occurrence of the information capture operation.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying a filter to the information collected by the information capture operation.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

detecting an item of meaningful data in the information collected by the information capture operation; and

executing one or more instructions corresponding to the applied filter.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein executing one or more instructions further comprises:

retrieving supporting information from a second application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving input from the user further comprises:

receiving an input selecting the clipboard item; and

inserting the selected clipboard item into the output text box.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a second information capture operation; and

creating a second clipboard item comprising information collected by the second information capture operation, wherein the second clipboard item is separately displayed in the clipboard.

10. A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

detecting an information capture operation performed in an application;

creating a clipboard item comprising information collected by the information capture operation, wherein the clipboard item is associated with a clipboard;

receiving input from a user defining a note, wherein the note includes at least a portion of the clipboard item; and

presenting the note in an output text box of the clipboard.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein receiving input from the user further comprises receiving one or more items of text.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, further operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

outputting the note to a second application, wherein the second application is associated with the clipboard.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, further operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

analyzing one or more operating system messages to identify the occurrence of the information capture operation.

14. The computer program product of claim 10, further operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

applying a filter to the information collected by the information capture operation.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

detecting an item of meaningful data in the information collected by the information capture operation; and

executing one or more instructions corresponding to the applied filter.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

retrieving supporting information from a second application.

17. The computer program product of claim 10, further operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving an input selecting the clipboard item; and

inserting the selected clipboard item into the output text box.

18. The computer program product of claim 10, further operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

detecting a second information capture operation; and

creating a second clipboard item comprising information collected by the second information capture operation, wherein the second clipboard item is separately displayed in the clipboard.

19. A system comprising:

a user interface for presenting a clipboard to a user and for receiving one or more inputs from the user; and

processor electronics configured to perform operations comprising;

detecting an information capture operation performed in an application;

creating a clipboard item comprising information collected by the information capture operation, wherein the clipboard item is associated with the clipboard;

generating a note based on input received from the user, wherein the note includes at least a portion of the clipboard item; and

presenting the note in an output text box of the clipboard.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor electronics are further configured to perform operations comprising:

outputting the note to a second application, wherein the second application is associated with the clipboard.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor electronics are further configured to perform operations comprising:

applying a filter to the information collected by the information capture operation.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the processor electronics are further configured to perform operations comprising:

detecting an item of meaningful data in the information collected by the information capture operation; and

executing one or more instructions corresponding to the applied filter.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the processor electronics are further configured to perform operations comprising:

retrieving supporting information from a second application.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor electronics are further configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving an input selecting the clipboard item; and

inserting the selected clipboard item into the output text box.

25. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor electronics are further configured to perform operations comprising:

detecting a second information capture operation; and

creating a second clipboard item comprising information collected by the second information capture operation, wherein the second clipboard item is separately displayed in the clipboard.