Method and apparatus for presenting a summary of selected values
First Claim
1. A method of displaying customizable summary information about a list of elements, comprising:
- receiving a selection of at least one desired summary function;
generating a configuration file containing the at least one desired summary function;
receiving notification of a selection event in a web browser, the selection event comprising a user identifying a portion of a web page comprising a plurality of numbers;
in response to the selection event, automatically;
copying the portion of the web page into a clipboard;
parsing the configuration file to extract the least one desired function;
extracting the numbers from the web page;
calculating the at least one desired summary function using the extracted numbers to generate summary information;
displaying the summary information in a pop-up window; and
replacing the portion of the web page in the clipboard with the summary information.
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Abstract
A method, system, and article of manufacture for quickly and easily obtaining information about a list of elements. One embodiment of the invention comprises receiving a selection of at least one desired summary function, generating a configuration file containing the at least one desired summary function, receiving a selection of a list of numbers, copying the list of numbers into a clipboard, parsing the configuration file to extract the least one desired function, calculating the at least one desired summary function using the list of desired numbers to generate summary information, displaying the summary information in a pop-up window, and replacing the selected list of numbers with the summary information. The results window may be a pop-window, a hover-help window, or a clipboard.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of displaying customizable summary information about a list of elements, comprising:
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receiving a selection of at least one desired summary function; generating a configuration file containing the at least one desired summary function; receiving notification of a selection event in a web browser, the selection event comprising a user identifying a portion of a web page comprising a plurality of numbers; in response to the selection event, automatically; copying the portion of the web page into a clipboard; parsing the configuration file to extract the least one desired function; extracting the numbers from the web page; calculating the at least one desired summary function using the extracted numbers to generate summary information; displaying the summary information in a pop-up window; and replacing the portion of the web page in the clipboard with the summary information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of displaying summary information about a list of elements, comprising:
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parsing a configuration file to extract at least one desired summary function; receiving notification of a selection event, the selection event comprising a user identifying in a web browser executing on the computing system a portion of a web page, wherein the the portion of the web page comprises a list of elements; in response to the selection event, automatically; copying the portion of the web page into a clipboard; parsing the configuration file to extract the least one desired function; extracting the elements from portion of the web page; calculating the at least one desired summary function using the extracted elements to generate summary information; displaying the summary information in a results window; and replacing the portion of the web page in the clipboard with the summary information. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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