VISUAL SELECTION AND RENDERING OF MULTIPLE CLIP BOARD FORMATS

• US 20110047506A1
• Filed: 08/21/2009
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Miller, Steven M.
• Granted Patent: US 10,002,035 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/808
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]

Abstract

A system, method and program product for facilitating copy and paste operations of an object between a source application and a target application in an interactive computing environment. A system is disclosed that includes: a formatting system for determining a set of target formats for the object; and a container system for installing a container into the target application, wherein the container includes a selection system for selectively rendering the object in each of the target formats within the container.

Claims

1. A clipboard system for facilitating copy and paste operations of an object between a source application and a target application in an interactive computing environment, comprising:

a formatting system for determining a set of target formats for the object; and

a container system for installing a container into the target application, wherein the container includes a selection system for selectively rendering the object in each of the target formats within the container.

2. The clipboard system of claim 1, wherein the formatting system formats and stores the object in each target format.

3. The clipboard system of claim 1, wherein the selection system is implemented with a user control selected from a group consisting of:

a pop-up dialog, a shortcut key, and a mouse action.

4. The clipboard system of claim 1, wherein the container includes a mechanism for selecting a preferred target format and pasting the object into the target application using the preferred target format.

5. The clipboard system of claim 1, wherein the selection system includes a mechanism for causing the target application to save the object in each of the target formats.

6. The clipboard system of claim 1, further comprising a behavior analysis system for collecting and analyzing user selections in order to influence a default behavior of the clipboard system.

7. The clipboard system of claim 1, wherein the container is installed as a widget.

8. A computer readable storage medium having a program product stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, facilitates copy and paste operations of an object between a source application and a target application in an interactive computing environment, comprising:

program code for determining a set of target formats for the object;

program code for formatting the object in each of the target formats; and

program code for installing a container into the target application, wherein the container includes program code for selectively rendering the object in each of the target formats within the container.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the program code for formatting stores the object in each target format.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the program code for selectively rendering the object includes a user control selected from a group consisting of:

a pop-up dialog, a shortcut key, and a mouse action.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the container further includes program code for selecting a preferred target format and pasting the object into the target application using the preferred target format.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein container further includes program code for causing the target application to save the object in each of the target formats.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising a program code for collecting and analyzing user selections in order to control a default behavior of the clipboard system.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the container is installed as a widget.

15. A method for facilitating copy and paste operations of an object between a source application and a target application in an interactive computing environment, comprising:

determining a set of target formats for the object;

formatting the object in each of the target formats; and

installing a container into the target application, wherein the container includes a system for selectively rendering the object in each of the target formats within the container.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising storing the object in each target format.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the system for selectively rendering the object includes a user control selected from a group consisting of:

a pop-up dialog, a shortcut key, and a mouse action.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the container further includes a system for selecting a preferred target format and pasting the object into the target application using the preferred target format.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the container further a system for causing the target application to save the object in each of the target formats.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising collecting and analyzing user selections in order to control a default behavior of the clipboard system.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the container is installed as a widget.