AUTOMATED CONTENT TRACKING AND CONVERSION

• US 20090292994A1
• Filed: 05/23/2008
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lwo, Fuhwei
• Granted Patent: US 9,529,820 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1794 Details of file format conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]

Abstract

Source file information is associated with source file content in response to a copy operation of the source file content from a source file. An automated conversion of the source file content to a form compatible with a target file is performed based upon differences between the source file information and target file information in response to a paste operation.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

associating source file information with source file content in response to a copy operation of the source file content from a source file; and

performing an automated conversion of the source file content to a form compatible with a target file based upon differences between the source file information and target file information in response to a paste operation.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating an automated content tracking alert that identifies at least the source file in response to the copy operation to document that the copy operation occurred.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising forwarding the automated content tracking alert to a monitor module within a network.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating an automated content tracking alert that identifies at least the source file and the target file in response to the paste operation to document that the paste operation occurred.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising determining that the paste operation was to an email message and forwarding the automated content tracking alert and the email message to a monitor module within a network.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising invoking an additional action in response to the copy operation, wherein the additional action further comprises at least one of starting a web browser using the source file content and performing a web search using the source file content.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising invoking an additional action in response to the paste operation, wherein the additional action further comprises at least one of verifying that the converted source file content is in the form compatible with the target file based upon the target file information and processing the target file.

8. A system comprising:

a memory adapted to store information and procedures for execution in association with copy and paste operations; and

a computing device adapted to;

associate source file information with source file content in response to a copy operation of the source file content from a source file;

store the source file information to the memory; and

perform an automated conversion of the source file content to a form compatible with a target file based upon differences between the source file information and target file information using at least one of the procedures stored in the memory.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the computing device is further adapted to generate an automated content tracking alert that identifies at least the source file in response to the copy operation to document that the copy operation occurred.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the computing device is further adapted to forward the automated content tracking alert to a monitor module within a network.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the computing device is further adapted to generate an automated content tracking alert that identifies at least the source file and the target file in response to the paste operation to document that the paste operation occurred.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the computing device is further adapted to determine that the paste operation was to an email message and forwarding the automated content tracking alert and the email message to a monitor module within a network.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein the computing device is further adapted to invoke an additional action in response to the copy operation, wherein the additional action further comprises at least one of starting a web browser using the source file content and performing a web search using the source file content.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein the computing device is further adapted to invoke an additional action in response to the paste operation, wherein the additional action further comprises at least one of verifying that the converted source file content is in the form compatible with the target file based upon the target file information and processing the target file.

15. A system comprising:

a database adapted to store content tracking information and procedures for execution in association with copy and paste operations;

a memory adapted to store content associated with the copy and paste operations; and

a computing device adapted to execute an application adapted to track the content associated with the copy and paste operations, wherein the application is further adapted to;

associate source file information with source file content in response to a copy operation of the source file content from a source file;

store the source file information to the database;

store the source file content to the memory;

perform an automated conversion of the source file content to a form compatible with a target file based upon differences between the source file information and target file information using at least one of the procedures stored in the database;

associate the converted source file content with the target file;

generate an automated content tracking alert that identifies at least the source file in response to the copy operation; and

forward the automated content tracking alert to a monitor module within a network.

16. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

associate source file information with source file content in response to a copy operation of the source file content from a source file; and

perform an automated conversion of the source file content to a form compatible with a target file based upon differences between the source file information and target file information in response to a paste operation.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer further causes the computer to generate an automated content tracking alert that identifies at least the source file in response to the copy operation to document that the copy operation occurred and to forward the automated content tracking alert to a monitor module within a network.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer further causes the computer to generate an automated content tracking alert that identifies at least the source file and the target file in response to the paste operation to document that the paste operation occurred.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer further causes the computer to determine that the paste operation was to an email message and forwarding the automated content tracking alert and the email message to a monitor module within a network.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer further causes the computer to invoke an additional action in response to the copy operation, wherein the additional action further comprises at least one of starting a web browser using the source file content and performing a web search using the source file content.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer further causes the computer to invoke an additional action in response to the paste operation, wherein the additional action further comprises at least one of verifying that the converted source file content is in the form compatible with the target file based upon the target file information and processing the target file.