Interactive thumbnails for transferring content among electronic documents
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1. A non-transitory computer readable volatile or non-volatile storage medium storing program instructions executable to:
- present a first electronic document in a panel;
receive an identification of at least a portion of the first electronic document to transfer into a second electronic document, wherein the second electronic document is not currently presented in the panel;
generate an interactive, reduced size representation of the second electronic document in situ with the first electronic document within the panel, wherein at least a portion of the interactive, reduced size representation of the second electronic document is linked to a repository for the second electronic document;
receive selection of the interactive, reduced size representation of the second electronic document to paste a copy of the portion of the first electronic document into the second electronic document; and
paste the copy of the portion of the first electronic document into the second electronic document while remaining in context of the first electronic document and without transitioning to the second electronic document;
wherein to paste the copy of the portion of the first electronic document into the second electronic document, the program instructions are further executable to automatically store, in response to said paste, the copy to the repository linked by the interactive, reduced size representation of the second document such that the pasted copy will be automatically present in the second electronic document when the second electronic document is opened.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computing devices and systems, software, computer programs, applications, and user interfaces, and more particularly, to generating a reproduction of an electronic document, such as a thumbnail, that includes an input field.
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31 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer readable volatile or non-volatile storage medium storing program instructions executable to:
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present a first electronic document in a panel; receive an identification of at least a portion of the first electronic document to transfer into a second electronic document, wherein the second electronic document is not currently presented in the panel; generate an interactive, reduced size representation of the second electronic document in situ with the first electronic document within the panel, wherein at least a portion of the interactive, reduced size representation of the second electronic document is linked to a repository for the second electronic document; receive selection of the interactive, reduced size representation of the second electronic document to paste a copy of the portion of the first electronic document into the second electronic document; and paste the copy of the portion of the first electronic document into the second electronic document while remaining in context of the first electronic document and without transitioning to the second electronic document; wherein to paste the copy of the portion of the first electronic document into the second electronic document, the program instructions are further executable to automatically store, in response to said paste, the copy to the repository linked by the interactive, reduced size representation of the second document such that the pasted copy will be automatically present in the second electronic document when the second electronic document is opened. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer readable volatile or non-volatile medium storing program instructions executable to:
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receive user input identifying a portion of content in a first panel to form a selected content portion; invoke a specialized command to display an interactive thumbnail of an electronic document in situ with the content within the first panel, wherein the interactive thumbnail is selectable to paste the selected content portion into the electronic document while remaining in context of the content in the first panel and without transitioning to the electronic document, and wherein the electronic document is not currently displayed in the first panel; and wherein to paste the selected content portion, the program instructions are further executable to automatically store, as part of the specialized command, the selected content portion to the electronic document represented by the interactive thumbnail while remaining in the context of the content in the first panel and without transitioning to the electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable volatile or non-volatile medium storing program instructions executable to:
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receive user input identifying a portion of a source content panel; display a thumbnail of an electronic form in situ in the source content panel, wherein the electronic form is not currently displayed in the panel and wherein the thumbnail includes one or more input fields selectable to paste a copy of the portion of the source content panel into the electronic form while remaining in context of the source content panel without transitioning to the electronic form; and paste the portion into a field of the electronic form corresponding to a selected one of the one or more input fields while remaining in context of the source content panel without transitioning to the electronic form. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A device comprising:
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a processor; a memory storing instructions and data executable by the processor to implement; a panel generator configured to generate a panel including a first electronic document; and
an in-situ document data transfer unit comprising;a thumbnail generator configured to; convert presentation data representing a second electronic document into an interactive thumbnail and display the interactive thumbnail in situ with the first electronic document; and a data copier configured to; transfer selected data via the interactive thumbnail from the first electronic document to the second electronic document, wherein selection of the data to transfer and said transfer occur while remaining in context of the first electronic document without transitioning to the second electronic document, wherein the first electronic document is a source electronic document for the transfer, and the second electronic document is a destination electronic document for the transfer.
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25. A system, comprising:
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a memory configured to store instructions and data associated with transferring data from an opened electronic document to an unopened electronic document; and logic configured to; present a first electronic document as the opened electronic document in a panel; identify at least a portion of the first electronic document to transfer into a second electronic document, wherein the second electronic document is not presented in the panel; generate an interactive, reduced size representation of the second electronic document in situ with the opened electronic document within the panel wherein at least a portion of the interactive, reduced size representation of the second electronic document is linked to a repository for the second electronic document; and paste a copy of the portion of the first electronic document into the second electronic document while remaining in context of the opened first electronic document and without transitioning to the second electronic document; wherein to paste the copy of the portion of the first electronic document into the second electronic document, the logic is further configured to automatically store, in response to said paste, the copy to the repository linked by the interactive, reduced size representation of the second electronic document such that the pasted copy will be automatically present in the second electronic document when the second electronic document is opened.
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26. A system, comprising:
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a processor; a memory storing instructions and data executable by the processor to implement; receiving user input identifying a portion of a source content panel; in response to said receiving, display a thumbnail representation of an electronic form in situ in the source content panel, wherein the electronic form is not currently displayed in the panel and wherein the electronic form comprises one or more input fields selectable to paste a copy of the portion of the source content panel into the electronic form while remaining in context of the source content panel without transitioning to the electronic form; and paste the portion into a field of the electronic form corresponding to a selected one of the one or more input fields while remaining in context of the source content panel without transitioning to the electronic form.
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27. A method, comprising:
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presenting a first electronic document in a panel; receiving an identification of at least a portion of the first electronic document to transfer into a second electronic document, wherein the second electronic document is not presented in the panel; generating an interactive, reduced size representation of the second electronic document in situ with the first electronic document within the panel, wherein at least a portion of the interactive, reduced size representation of the second electronic document is linked to a repository for the second electronic document; and pasting a copy of the portion of the first electronic document into the second electronic document while remaining in context of the first electronic document and without transitioning to the second electronic document; wherein said pasting comprises automatically storing the copy to the repository linked by the interactive, reduced size representation of the second document such that the pasted copy will be automatically present in the second electronic document when the second electronic document is opened. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A method, comprising:
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receiving user input identifying a portion of a source content panel; displaying a thumbnail of an electronic form in situ in the source content panel, wherein the electronic form is not currently displayed in the source content panel, and wherein the thumbnail comprises one or more input fields selectable to paste a copy of the portion of the source content panel into the electronic form while remaining in context of the source content panel without transitioning to the electronic form; and pasting the portion into a field of the electronic form corresponding to a selected one of the one or more input fields while remaining in context of the source content panel without transitioning to the electronic form. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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