ADVANCED EDITING AND INTERFACING IN USER APPLICATIONS

• US 20110055688A1
• Filed: 08/26/2010
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eustace P. Isidore
• Original Assignee: Eustace P. Isidore
• Inventors: Isidore, Eustace P.
• Granted Patent: US 8,510,649 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/255
• 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 method performed within a content editing device provides advanced editing functionality for use within user applications having editable content on a user interface. The method provides automatic paste/insertion functionality following a selection of a destination/end location within the document and a subsequent selection of content for insertion at the selected end location. An editor moves content around within the document by tagging the end location and simply selection the content that is to be moved/copied to that end location. The method further enables efficient re-arrangement of multiple individual content blocks within a single document or across multiple documents by tagging each content with a sequence number indicative of the relative location of that content within the desired re-arranged sequence of content. Once the content has been tagged, a selectable option automatically orders the content in correct sequence relative to each other and/or to existing content in the resulting document.

Claims

1. In an electronic device having an application executing thereon which provides editable content, a method comprising:

receiving a first selection to mark a first location within the editable content as an end location for insertion of content;

detecting a selection of content at a second, original location; and

automatically inserting the content at the first location within the editable content.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a first message at the original location indicating the end location to which the selected specific content is being inserted.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a second message at the end location indicating the original location from which content inserted at the end location via a retrieve and insert operation originated.