PASTING DATA

• US 20120324476A1
• Filed: 07/15/2011
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amadeus (Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A.)
• Original Assignee: Amadeus (Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A.)
• Inventors: Reissman, Pierre-Jean, Pearson, Tadhg, Mikaelian, Jerome, Eski, Elona, Fournols, Guillaume
• Granted Patent: US 8,943,515 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/312
• 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

A method of pasting data from a source application to a destination application, where the source and destination applications are not the same; the method comprising the steps of: identifying a data type for the data and an appropriate input handler for the data type; converting the data using the appropriate input handle to a standard format based on the data type; in an output module determining the context of the data in the standard format to identify an appropriate output handler; obtaining a suggested paste operation from a suggestion engine based on the type and context of the data; and instructing a paste operation on the basis of the suggested paste operation.

Claims

1. A method of pasting data from a source application to a destination application, where the source and destination applications are not the same;

the method comprising the steps of;

identifying a data type for the data and an appropriate input handler for the data type;

converting the data using the appropriate input handle to a standard format based on the data type;

in an output module determining the context of the data in the standard format to identify an appropriate output handler;

obtaining a suggested paste operation from a suggestion engine based on the type and context of the data; and

instructing a paste operation on the basis of the suggested paste operation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises identifying more than one possible suggested paste operation and generating a request for selection of the preferred suggested paste operation.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises storing the user response for future use in other similar circumstances.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying an introspection process to the data prior to commencing the paste operation.

5. The method of any claim 4, further comprising determining the nature of the data to be pasted to a clipboard for the subsequent paste operation.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining a format of the data to be copied.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising determining a format of the data to be copied.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising using a selection device to select a region to copy.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising using a selection device to select a region to copy.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising using a selection device to select a region to copy.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting an input or output handler from at least a text handler and a graphics handler.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein further comprising determining the suggested paste operations from a combination of the suggestion engine and an artificial learning mechanism which stores user responses for determining user trends.

13. A system for carrying out the method steps for a method of pasting data from a source application to a destination application, where the source and destination applications are not the same;

the method comprising the steps of;

identifying a data type for the data and an appropriate input handler for the data type;

converting the data using the appropriate input handle to a standard format based on the data type;

in an output module determining the context of the data in the standard format to identify an appropriate output handler;

obtaining a suggested paste operation from a suggestion engine based on the type and context of the data; and

instructing a paste operation on the basis of the suggested paste operation.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein more than one possible suggested paste operation are identified and a request for selection of the preferred suggested paste operation is generated.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the user stores the response for future use in other similar circumstances.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein an introspection process is applied to the data prior to commencing the paste operation.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the nature of the data to be pasted to a clipboard for the subsequent paste operation is determined.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein a format of the data to be copied is determined.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein a format of the data to be copied is determined.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions for carrying out the method of pasting data from a source application to a destination application, where the source and destination applications are not the same;

the method comprising the steps of;

identifying a data type for the data and an appropriate input handler for the data type;

converting the data using the appropriate input handle to a standard format based on the data type;

in an output module determining the context of the data in the standard format to identify an appropriate output handler;

obtaining a suggested paste operation from a suggestion engine based on the type and context of the data; and

instructing a paste operation on the basis of the suggested paste operation, when said computer program is executed on a computer system.