Transferring assets via a server-based clipboard

• US 9,467,495 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Memon, Amir Hussain, Dowd, Geoffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhai, Kyle
• Application Number:
  US13/839,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20140280755A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,306 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for transferring assets via a server-based clipboard. In one embodiment, an asset is stored on a server system. The asset is transmitted to the server system from a first application in response to a first input to the first application from an input device. A request for the asset is received from a second application in response to a second input to the second application from the input device. The second application is different from the first application. A rendering attribute is identified for the asset. The rendering attribute has a first value that is specific to rendering the asset via the first application. The rendering attribute is modified to have a second value that is specific to rendering the asset via the second application. The asset is provided with the rendering attribute having the second value specific to the second application.

Claims

1. A method executed by a server system, the method comprising:

storing a first asset received from a first application, the first asset having an associated timestamp, and wherein the first application is configured to send the first asset to the server system in response to a first input to the first application from at least one input device;

receiving a request for the first asset from a second application, wherein the second application is configured to send the request in response to a second input to the second application from the at least one input device and further in response to the first asset being newer than a second asset associated with the second application;

in response to receiving the request for the first asset from the second application, providing the first timestamp associated with the first asset to the second application, wherein the second application is further configured to determine that the first asset is newer than the second asset based on the first timestamp being more recent than a second timestamp associated with the second asset;

identifying a rendering attribute for the first asset, wherein the rendering attribute has a first value that is specific to rendering the first asset via the first application;

modifying the rendering attribute to have a second value that is specific to rendering the first asset via the second application; and

providing the first asset with the rendering attribute having the second value to the second application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the rendering attribute comprises identifying a scaling factor, wherein the first value comprises a first scaling value of the scaling factor that is specific to the first application;

wherein modifying the rendering attribute to have the second value comprises setting the scaling factor to a second scaling value that is specific to the second application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the rendering attribute having the first value comprises identifying color attribute of the first asset, wherein the first value comprises a first color value of the color attribute that is specific to the first application;

wherein modifying the rendering attribute to have the second value comprises;

determining that the first color value is associated with an erroneous rendering of the color attribute by the second application, and

modifying the color attribute to have a second color value preventing the erroneous rendering by performing a color correction operation on the first asset.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the rendering attribute having the first value comprises identifying color scheme comprising a plurality of color attributes for the first asset, wherein each of the plurality of color attributes has a respective first color value;

wherein modifying the rendering attribute to have the second value comprises modifying the color scheme for rendering by the second application by modifying at least some of the plurality of color attributes to each have a respective second color value.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to storing the asset:

identifying a first computing device executing the first application;

identifying a second computing device executing the second application;

establishing a first connection via a data network for communicating with the first computing device and a second connection via the data network for communicating with the second computing device, wherein the first asset is transmitted from the first computing device via the first connection;

wherein the request is received from the second computing device and the first asset is provided to the second computing device via the second connection.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to storing the first asset:

identifying that the first application and the second application are executed on a common computing device;

identifying that the first application and the second application cannot directly communicate via resources of the common computing device; and

based on identifying that the first application and the second application cannot directly communicate via the resources of the common computing device,

establishing a first connection with the first application and a second connection with the second application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the rendering attribute having the first value comprises:

identifying a first computing device executing the first application, and identifying the first value of the rendering attribute based on the first application being executed at the first computing device;

wherein modifying the rendering attribute to have the second value comprises identifying a second computing device executing the second application, and

modifying the rendering attribute to have the second value based on the second application being executed at the second computing device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the rendering attribute is based on at least one of:

at least one dimension of a display screen, wherein the first value is at least one first value of the at least one dimension on a first display screen of the first computing device and wherein the second value is at least one second value of the at least one dimension on a second display screen of the second computing device;

a resolution, wherein the first value is a value of the resolution for the first display screen and wherein the second value is a value of the resolution for the second display screen;

an operating system, wherein the first value corresponds to a first operating system for the first computing device and wherein the second value corresponds to a second operating system for the second computing device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second input to the second application from the at least one input device identifies at least one position for rendering the first asset for display via the first application.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one input device comprises a stylus.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application is further configured to generate and send the first timestamp to the server system in response to the first input to the first application from the at least one input device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first asset comprises the first timestamp.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the first timestamp is generated by the server system in response to receiving the first asset sent by the first application.

14. A computerized system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer storage media storing computer-usable instructions that, when used by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

store, on a server device, an asset received from a first application, the asset having a first timestamp associated therewith, and wherein the first application is configured to send the asset to the server device in response to a first input to the first application;

generate, in accordance with storing the asset, a notification message for communication with the first timestamp to at least a second application, the notification message to notify at least the second application that the asset is available;

receive, from the second application, a request for the asset, wherein the second application is configured to send the request based on a second input to the second application, a determination that the asset is newer than a second asset associated with the second application, and on receipt of the notification message, wherein the second application is further configured to determine that the asset is newer than the second asset based on the first timestamp being more recent than a second timestamp associated with the second asset;

in response to receiving the request for the asset from the second application, modify a rendering attribute for the asset from a first value to a second value, wherein the first value is specific to rendering the asset via the first application and the second value is specific to rendering the asset via the second application; and

provide the asset with the rendering attribute having the second value to the second application.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the notification message comprises an Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (“

XMPP”

) message.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the asset received from the first application is a first set of clipboard data that is local to the first application, and wherein the second asset is a second set of clipboard data that is local to the second application.

17. A non-transitory computer storage medium storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

storing a first asset received from a first application that is in communication with a server system, the first asset having a first timestamp associated therewith, and wherein the first application is configured to send the first asset to the server system in response to a first input to the first application;

generating, in accordance with storing the first asset, a notification message for communication to at least a second application that is in communication with the server system, the notification message to notify at least the second application that the first asset is available;

after sending the notification message and the first timestamp associated with the first asset to at least the second application, receiving, from the second application, a request for the first asset, wherein the second application is configured to determine that the first asset is newer than a second asset associated with the second application based on the first timestamp being more recent than a second timestamp associated with the second asset, and wherein the second application is further configured to send the request in response to a second input to the second application, and based on the first asset being newer than the second asset associated with the second application;

identifying a rendering attribute for the first asset, wherein the rendering attribute has a first value that is specific to rendering the first asset via the first application;

modifying the rendering attribute to have a second value that is specific to rendering the first asset via the second application; and

providing the first asset with the rendering attribute having the second value to the second application.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein identifying the rendering attribute comprises identifying a scaling factor, wherein the first value comprises a first scaling value of the scaling factor that is specific to the first application;

wherein modifying the rendering attribute to have the second value comprises setting the scaling factor to a second scaling value that is specific to the second application.

19. The medium of claim 17, wherein the second input to the second application identifies at least one position for rendering the first asset for display via the second application.

20. The medium of claim 17, wherein the first timestamp is generated by one of the server system in response to receiving the first asset from the first application or the first application in response to the first input to the first application.