BROWSER BASED OBJECTS FOR COPYING AND SENDING OPERATIONS

• US 20110161880A1
• Filed: 12/29/2009
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Wang, Huiyu, Chylinski, Kathleen Jane, ABBOTT, Martin Jeffrey, Tsampalis, Ioannis, Allen, Shelley K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,336,326 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/823
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]

Abstract

A disclosed method of transferring information between application programs on a mobile device may involve executing a browser application program on the mobile device to display a page containing one or more objects on a touch panel display; responsive to user touching of the display, identifying an object from the displayed page as having been selected by the user; and copying the selected object from the displayed page. The method further includes steps of displaying on the display a list of one or more destination programs available for selection and execution on the mobile device. The method may also involve steps of, responsive to user touching of the touch screen display, identifying one destination program as having been selected by the user, and launching the identified program. Then, the copied object is pasted for use in the execution of the identified destination program.

Claims

1. A method of transferring information between application programs on a mobile device, having a plurality of stored application programs at least one of which supports communication of the mobile device through a wireless communication network, the method comprising steps of:

executing a browser application program on the mobile device to display a page containing one or more selectable objects on a touch screen display of the mobile device, wherein each selectable object contained in the displayed page is a text based object;

responsive to user touching of the touch screen display, identifying a text object from the displayed page as having been selected by the user;

copying the identified user selected object from the displayed page;

displaying on the touch screen display a list of one or more destination programs available for selection and execution on the mobile device;

responsive to user touching of the touch screen display, identifying one destination program as having been selected by the user;

launching the identified destination program for execution on the mobile device; and

pasting the copied user selected object for use in the execution of the identified destination program.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of pasting the copied user selected object involves pasting one or more characters of text of the user selected object for use in the execution of the identified destination program.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of pasting the copied user selected object is performed automatically.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more selectable objects relate to a URL, a hyperlink to a specific URL, an address of a physical location, vCard, or a future event.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more destination programs include a message composer program, an address management program, a navigation program, or a scheduler program.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, before the step of identifying an object, detecting user initiation of a copy/send mode on the mobile device;

in response to the user initiation of the copy/send mode, displaying the one or more objects in a manner that each of the one or more objects are distinguished from other objects or other information displayed on the touch screen display as an object available for selection and copying.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after the step of pasting, automatically closing the identified destination program.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the one or one or more characters of text of the selected object indicate a selected location; and

the execution of the identified destination program causes the mobile device to generate a map related to the selected location as a display on the touch screen display.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the displayed page comprises a map;

the one or one or more characters of text of the selected object correspond to location selected by the user from the map; and

the execution of the identified destination program causes the mobile device to perform a function in relation to the selected location.

10. A method of transferring information between application programs on a mobile device, having a plurality of stored application programs at least one of which supports communication of the mobile device through a wireless communication network, the method comprising steps of:

executing a browser application program on the mobile device to display a page containing one or more selectable objects on a touch screen display of the mobile device;

responsive to user touching of the touch screen display, identifying an object from the displayed page as having been selected by the user;

obtaining information tied to the identified user selected object;

displaying on the touch screen display a list of one or more destination programs available for selection and execution on the mobile device;

launching one of the destination programs for execution on the mobile device; and

pasting the obtained information for use in the execution of the identified destination program,

wherein the information contains location information relating to a location.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the browser application program is programmed, when executed, to display a map containing the one or more objects, and

the location information contains a location of said at least one of the selectable objects on the displayed map.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the location information relates to a location of the mobile device or the user of the mobile device.

13. An article of manufacture comprising a machine readable storage medium containing a program which, when executed, causes a mobile device to execute a method of transferring information between application programs on the mobile device, having a plurality of stored application programs at least one of which supports communication of the mobile device through a wireless communication network, the method comprising steps of:

executing a browser application program on the mobile device to display a page containing one or more selectable objects on a touch screen display of the mobile device, wherein each selectable object contained in the displayed page is a text based object;

responsive to user touching of the touch screen display, identifying a text object from the displayed page as having been selected by the user;

copying the identified user selected object from the displayed page;

displaying on the touch screen display a list of one or more destination programs available for selection and execution on the mobile device;

responsive to user touching of the touch screen display, identifying one destination program as having been selected by the user;

launching the identified destination program for execution on the mobile device; and

pasting the copied user selected object for use in the execution of the identified destination program.

14. A mobile device, comprising:

a processor;

a touch screen display; and

a storage medium containing a program, wherein;

the program, when executed by the processor, causes the mobile device to execute a functions for transferring information between application programs on the mobile device, having a plurality of stored application programs at least one of which supports communication of the mobile device through a wireless communication network, and

the functions comprise;

executing a browser application program on the mobile device to display a page containing one or more selectable objects on the touch screen display, wherein each selectable object contained in the displayed page is a text based object;

responsive to user touching of the touch screen display, identifying a text object from the displayed page as having been selected by the user;

copying the identified user selected object from the displayed page;

displaying on the touch screen display a list of one or more destination programs available for selection and execution on the mobile device;

responsive to user touching of the touch screen display, identifying one destination program as having been selected by the user;

launching the identified destination program for execution on the mobile device; and

pasting the copied user selected object for use in the execution of the identified destination program.

15. An article of manufacture comprising a machine readable storage medium containing a program which, when executed, causes a mobile device to execute a method of transferring information between application programs on the mobile device, having a plurality of stored application programs at least one of which supports communication of the mobile device through a wireless communication network, the method comprising steps of:

executing a browser application program on the mobile device to display a page containing one or more selectable objects on a touch screen display of the mobile device;

responsive to user touching of the touch screen display, identifying an object from the displayed page as having been selected by the user;

obtaining information tied to the identified user selected object;

displaying on the touch screen display a list of one or more destination programs available for selection and execution on the mobile device;

launching one of the destination programs for execution on the mobile device; and

pasting the obtained information for use in the execution of the identified destination program,

wherein the information contains location information relating to a location.

16. A mobile device, comprising:

a processor;

a touch screen display; and

a storage medium containing a program, wherein;

the program, when executed by the processor, causes the mobile device to execute functions for transferring information between application programs on the mobile device, having a plurality of stored application programs at least one of which supports communication of the mobile device through a wireless communication network, and

the functions comprise;

executing a browser application program on the mobile device to display a page containing one or more selectable objects on a touch screen display of the mobile device;

responsive to user touching of the touch screen display, identifying an object from the displayed page as having been selected by the user;

obtaining information tied to the identified user selected object;

displaying on the touch screen display a list of one or more destination programs available for selection and execution on the mobile device;

launching one of the destination programs for execution on the mobile device; and

pasting the obtained information for use in the execution of the identified destination program,

wherein the information contains location information relating to a location.