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Paste by example

  • US 7,810,068 B2
  • Filed: 10/18/2005
  • Issued: 10/05/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of providing user guidance for reproducing a property of a copyable object from content, the method comprising:

  • receiving from a user an identification of the copyable object, wherein the copyable object comprises a property;

    generating a goal state comprising a value associated with the property of the identified copyable object;

    generating an initial state comprising the property of the identified copyable object;

    applying a set of transformation operations to the initial state to generate a plurality of temporary states, each of the plurality of temporary states having a temporary value associated with the property;

    comparing the temporary value of each of the plurality of temporary states with the value of the goal state to determine a matching temporary state of the plurality of temporary states that most closely matches the goal state;

    identifying a user operation for reproducing the property of the identified copyable object in a new object based on the transformation operations applied to generate the determined matching temporary state; and

    presenting, to the user, at least one option for creating the new object using the identified user operation.

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