Clipboard for processing received data content

• US 9,122,548 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2012
• Issued: 09/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Caskey, Sasha P., Kanevsky, Dimitri, Maskey, Sameer, Sainath, Tara N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Padmanabhan, Kavita
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCINTOSH, ANDREW T
• Application Number:
  US13/547,932
• Publication Number:
  US 20140019697A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,146 Days
• Field of Search: 715/271
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/16 Protection against loss of memory contents contains no material, see G06F11/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention directed to a method is associated with data content, comprising discrete data portions including first data and second data portions separated from each other in the data content. A copy operation is implemented on data portions so that at least some of the data portions are each copied to a buffer, which include the first and second data portions. A paste operation is carried out to present each of the copied data portions as an input for an output data selection task. Prespecified criteria is used in the output data selection task to select a number of the copied data portions to be selected data for a given purpose, the selected number of copied data portions being less than data portions presented by the paste operation, and the selected copied data portions including the first and second data portions.

Claims

1. In association with specified data content comprising a plurality of discrete data portions, which include at least a first data portion and a second data portion that are selectively separated from each other in the specified data content, a method comprising:

utilizing, by a computer, a plurality of different messenger services during a conversation between a user of the computer and a set of other users connected via a network, wherein the computer receives the plurality of discrete data portions of the specified data content during the conversation utilizing the plurality of different messenger services;

selecting, by the computer, data portions of the plurality of discrete data portions received from the plurality of different messenger services being utilized during the conversation between the user and the set of other users;

copying, by the computer, at least some of the selected data portions to an initial storage buffer of the computer using a copy operation, wherein copied data portions include the first data portion and the second data portion;

performing, by the computer, a paste operation to present each of the copied data portions copied to the initial storage buffer as an input for an output data selection task;

selecting, by the computer, a number of the copied data portions that is less than all of the copied data portions copied to the initial storage buffer using prespecified criteria in the output data selection task to be input data for a given purpose, wherein the selected number of the copied data portions includes the first data portion and the second data portion; and

summarizing, by the computer, each copied data portion in the selected number of the copied data portions as a clipboard output using abstractive summarization.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the copied data portions comprise textual data content, and wherein the prespecified criteria comprise prespecified information contained on a list.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the prespecified information contained on the list comprises one or more topics, and wherein a copied data portion is selected for the given purpose in response to the copied data portion being associated with at least one of the one or more topics.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the prespecified information contained on the list comprises one or more matters, and wherein a copied data portion associated with any of the one or more matters is excluded from selection for the given purpose.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the computer, one or more particular terms, wherein the computer performs the copy operation on data portions associated with one or more of the one or more particular terms.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the specified data content comprises textual data content generated by the conversation between the user and the set of other users, and wherein the given purpose includes placing respective copied data portions into a formal textual document comprising successive paragraphs, and wherein content included in a given paragraph pertains to a particular topic.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the respective copied data portions are segmented into topical units.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

successive copy operations and paste operations are implemented automatically, as data portions of the specified data content are successively received for copy and paste operations.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the specified data content comprises data portions from two or more different sources, and wherein the given purpose includes integrating data portions from the two or more different sources into a single output.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein:

at least two of the two or more different sources provide data portions of media types different from each other, and wherein the media types are selected from a group that includes at least textual, audio, and video media types.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein:

at least some of the copied data portions comprise speech recorded in audio form, and wherein the given purpose includes converting audio speech data to corresponding textual data.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein:

at least some of the copied data portions comprise video data, and wherein one or more selected frames are extracted from the video data.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein:

a control is manually operated by the user to select the first data portion and the second portion from the specified data content for implementation in a same copy operation.

14. In association with specified data content comprising a plurality of discrete data portions, which include at least a first data portion and a second data portion that are selectively separated from each other in the specified data content, a computer system comprising:

a bus system;

a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device stores program instructions; and

a processor connected to the bus system, wherein the processor executes the program instructions to;

utilize a plurality of different messenger services during a conversation between a user of the computer system and a set of other users connected via a network, wherein the computer system receives the plurality of discrete data portions of the specified data content during the conversation utilizing the plurality of different messenger services;

select data portions of the plurality of discrete data portions received from the plurality of different messenger services being utilized during the conversation between the user and the set of other users;

copy at least some of the selected data portions to an initial storage buffer of the computer system using a copy operation, wherein copied data portions include the first data portion and the second data portion;

perform a paste operation to present each of the copied data portions copied to the initial storage buffer as an input for an output data selection task;

select a number of the copied data portions that is less than all of the copied data portions copied to the initial storage buffer using prespecified criteria in the output data selection task to be input data for a given purpose, wherein the selected number of the copied data portions includes the first data portion and the second data portion; and

summarize each copied data portion in the selected number of the copied data portions as a clipboard output using abstractive summarization.

15. In association with specified data content comprising a plurality of discrete data portions, which include at least a first data portion and a second data portion that are selectively separated from each other in the specified data content, a computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

utilizing, by the computer, a plurality of different messenger services during a conversation between a user of the computer and a set of other users connected via a network, wherein the computer receives the plurality of discrete data portions of the specified data content during the conversation utilizing the plurality of different messenger services;

selecting, by the computer, data portions of the plurality of discrete data portions received from the plurality of different messenger services being utilized during the conversation between the user and the set of other users;

copying, by the computer, at least some of the selected data portions to an initial storage buffer of the computer using a copy operation, wherein copied data portions include the first data portion and the second data portion;

performing, by the computer, a paste operation to present each of the copied data portions copied to the initial storage buffer as an input for an output data selection task;

selecting, by the computer, a number of the copied data portions that is less than all of the copied data portions copied to the initial storage buffer using prespecified criteria in the output data selection task to be input data for a given purpose, wherein the selected number of the copied data portions includes the first data portion and the second data portion; and

summarizing, by the computer, each copied data portion in the selected number of the copied data portions as a clipboard output using abstractive summarization.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein:

the copied data portions comprise textual data content, and wherein the prespecified criteria comprise prespecified information contained on a list.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein:

the prespecified information contained on the list comprises one or more topics, and wherein a copied data portion is selected for the given purpose in response to the copied data portion being associated with at least one of the one or more topics.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein:

the prespecified information contained on the list comprises one or more matters, and wherein a copied data portion associated with any of the one or more matters is excluded from selection for the given purpose.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

detecting, by the computer, one or more particular terms, wherein the computer performs the copy operation on data portions associated with one or more of the one or more particular terms.