SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COPYING INFORMATION INTO A TARGET DOCUMENT
First Claim
1. A method for enabling a user to copy information from documents accessed via an information retrieval system into a research document, comprising:
- delivering the research document for presentation within a first visual area rendered to a display associated with a user computer, wherein the research document includes information about a plurality of documents previously accessed by the user via the information retrieval system and a user interface element respectively associated with each of the documents;
responsive to detecting that the user has activated one of the user interface elements, delivering a copy of the document associated with the activated user interface element for presentation within a second visual area rendered to the display, wherein the copy of the document includes a plurality of user-selectable information objects; and
copying one or more of the user-selectable information objects to the research document responsive to at least a selection of the one or more user-selectable information objects by the user.
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Abstract
A system and method is described that allows a user to copy information from documents accessed via an information retrieval system into a target document, such as an electronic research document, in an easy and organized fashion. In accordance with one implementation, the system and method allows a user to access a variety of source documents via a single research document and to copy content from any of the source documents into the research document in a manner that does not require the user to manage a large number of windows displayed on his/her computer. In a further implementation, the system and method allows the user to insert copied content into the research document in a manner that automatically ensures proper attribution or association of the copied content with the source document from which it was copied.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for enabling a user to copy information from documents accessed via an information retrieval system into a research document, comprising:
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delivering the research document for presentation within a first visual area rendered to a display associated with a user computer, wherein the research document includes information about a plurality of documents previously accessed by the user via the information retrieval system and a user interface element respectively associated with each of the documents; responsive to detecting that the user has activated one of the user interface elements, delivering a copy of the document associated with the activated user interface element for presentation within a second visual area rendered to the display, wherein the copy of the document includes a plurality of user-selectable information objects; and copying one or more of the user-selectable information objects to the research document responsive to at least a selection of the one or more user-selectable information objects by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a research document generator configured to deliver a research document for presentation within a first visual area rendered to a display associated with a user computer, wherein the research document includes information about a plurality of documents previously accessed by the user via an information retrieval system and a user interface element respectively associated with each of the documents; and a clipping manager configured to detect that the user has activated one of the user interface elements, to deliver a copy of the document associated with the activated user interface element for presentation within a second visual area rendered to the display responsive to the detection, wherein the copy of the document includes a plurality of user-selectable information objects, and to copy one or more of the user-selectable information objects to the research document responsive to at least the selection of the one or more user-selectable information objects by the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a processor to permit a user to copy information from documents accessed via an information retrieval system into a research document, comprising:
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first means for enabling the processor to deliver the research document for presentation within a first visual area rendered to a display associated with a user computer, wherein the research document includes information about a plurality of documents previously accessed by the user via the information retrieval system and a user interface element respectively associated with each of the documents; second means for enabling the processor to detect that the user has activated one of the user interface elements; third means for enabling the processor to deliver a copy of the document associated with the activated user interface element for presentation within a second visual area rendered to the display responsive to the detection, wherein the copy of the document includes a plurality of user-selectable information objects; and fourth means for enabling the processor to copy one or more of the user-selectable information objects to the research document responsive to at least a selection of the one or more user-selectable information objects by the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for enabling a user to copy information from source documents into a target document, comprising:
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delivering the target document for presentation within a first visual area rendered to a display associated with a user computer, wherein the target document includes information about a plurality of source documents and a user interface element respectively associated with each of the documents; responsive to detecting that the user has activated one of the user interface elements, delivering a copy of the source document associated with the activated user interface element for presentation within a second visual area rendered to the display, wherein the copy of the source document includes a plurality of user-selectable information objects; and copying one or more of the user-selectable information objects to the target document responsive to at least a selection of the one or more user-selectable information objects by the user.
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