Conversion of data and objects across classes in an object management system
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method within an object management facility comprising the step of:
- (a) in response to a user pasting data within a clipboard to a window controlled by the object management facility, performing the following substeps;
(a.1) creating, by the object management facility, a new object for the data;
(a.2) placing the data within the new object; and
,(a.3) displaying by the object management facility, an icon for the new object.
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Abstract
In response to a user pasting data within a clipboard to a desktop for an object management facility, a new object for the data is created. The data is placed within the new object, and an icon is displayed on the desktop for the new object. When the data is text, the new object is created to be of a type which contains text. When the data is bitmapped, the new object is created to be of a type which contains bitmaps. The data is placed in the clipboard, for example, in response to a Cut command or in response to a Copy command from an application process originally processing the data. The data can reformatted, for example, before exporting the data from the application process, before importing the data to the new object or after importing the data to the new object. Also, in response to a user selecting a first object and issuing a conversion command, classes of objects into which the first object may be converted are displayed to the user. Upon the user selecting a class of objects into which the first object is to be converting, the first object is converted into a new object of the selected class of objects. The new object is created, data from the first object is extracted and sent to the new object. The data may be converted to a format usable by the first object, by the new object or by the object management facility.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method within an object management facility comprising the step of:
(a) in response to a user pasting data within a clipboard to a window controlled by the object management facility, performing the following substeps; (a.1) creating, by the object management facility, a new object for the data; (a.2) placing the data within the new object; and
,(a.3) displaying by the object management facility, an icon for the new object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer implemented method within an object management facility comprising the steps of:
(a) in response to a user selecting a paste command while a desktop for the object management facility is active, performing the following substeps; (a.1) if there is no data on a clipboard, doing nothing; (a.2) if an object format for data on the clipboard cannot be provided, doing nothing; (a.3) if there is data ion the clipboard and an object format for data can be provided, performing the following substeps; (a.3.1) creating, by the object management facility, a new object for the data; (a.3.2) placing the data within the new object; and
,(a.3.3) displaying an icon on the desktop for the new object. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A computer implemented method within an object management facility comprising the step of:
(a) in response to a user selecting a first object and issuing a conversion command, performing the following substeps; (a.1) displaying, to the user, classes of objects into which the first object may be converted; and
,(a.2) upon the user selecting a class of objects into which the first object is to be converted, converting the first object into a new object of the selected class of objects. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer implemented method within an operating system process comprising the step of:
(a) in response to a user selecting data from a file and designating a window controlled by the operating system process in which to place the data, performing the following substeps; (a.1) creating, by the operating system process, a new data file for the data; (a.2) placing the data within the new data file; and
,(a.3) displaying, by the operating system process, an icon for the new data file appearing within the window. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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