Fast data copying method and electronic device

• US 11,144,195 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2017
• Issued: 10/12/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tao, Qiang, Han, Jing, Gao, Guangyuan, Tang, Changwei
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phuong H
• Application Number:
  US16/619,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20200167068A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,481 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/629 to features or functions of an application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]

Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide a data processing method and an electronic device. The method may be implemented on an electronic device having a touchscreen, and may specifically include: displaying a graphical user interface of a first application on the touchscreen, where the graphical user interface includes a text; detecting, by the electronic device, a touch event that a user touches and holds a fingerprint button; enabling, by the electronic device, a fast copying function in response to the event; detecting, by the electronic device, a slide gesture for some data in the text; and in response to the slide gesture, storing, in a clipboard by the electronic device, the some data corresponding to the slide gesture. According to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this application, efficiency of the electronic device is improved, user operations are reduced, and user experience is improved.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a touchscreen;

a processor coupled to the touchscreen; and

a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to be configured to;

copy first data in a first application, wherein in a manner to copy the first data, the instructions further cause the electronic device to copy the first data to a private queue of a clipboard, and wherein the first data in the private queue can be pasted only in the first application;

copy second data in a second application, wherein in a manner to copy the second data, the instructions further cause the electronic device to copy the second data to a public queue of the clipboard, wherein the second data in the public queue can be pasted in any application, and wherein the first data from the private queue and the second data from the public queue of the clipboard are marked differently;

copy third data in a third application;

display a graphical user interface of the first application on the touchscreen, wherein the graphical user interface of the first application comprises a first input box;

detect a first touch gesture on the first input box;

display a first list on the touchscreen in response to the first touch gesture, wherein the first list comprises the first data and the third data, but not the second data;

display a graphical user interface of the second application, wherein the graphical user interface of the second application comprises a second input box;

detect a second touch gesture on the second input box;

display a second list on the touchscreen in response to the second touch gesture, wherein the second list comprises the second data and the third data, but not the first data;

display a graphical user interface of the third application, wherein the graphical user interface of the third application comprises a third input box;

detect a third touch gesture on the third input box; and

display a third list on the touchscreen in response to the third touch gesture,

wherein the third list comprises the third data, but not the first data or the second data.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to:

detect a tap gesture on the first data of the first list;

store the first data in the clipboard; and

display the first data in the first input box.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to erase the first data from the clipboard after displaying the first data in the first input box.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to display an identifier of the first application corresponding to the first data while displaying the first data in the first list.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the identifier of the first application is an icon of the first application or a name of the first application.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to mark the first data from the private queue and the second data from the public queue of the clipboard with different colors.

7. A data processing method, comprising:

copying first data in a first application, wherein copying the first data comprises copying the first data to a private queue of a clipboard, and wherein the first data in the private queue can be pasted only in the first application;

copying second data in a second application, wherein copying the second data comprises copying the second data to a public queue of the clipboard, wherein the second data in the public queue can be pasted in any application, and wherein the first data from the private queue and the second data from the public queue of the clipboard are marked differently;

copying third data in a third application;

displaying a graphical user interface of the first application on a touchscreen, wherein the graphical user interface of the first application comprises a first input box;

detecting a first touch gesture on the first input box;

displaying a first list on the touchscreen in response to the first touch gesture, wherein the first list comprises the first data and the third data, but not the second data;

displaying a graphical user interface of the second application, wherein the graphical user interface of the second application comprises a second input box;

detecting a second touch gesture on the second input box;

displaying a second list on the touchscreen in response to the second touch gesture, wherein the second list comprises the second data and the third data, but not the first data;

displaying a graphical user interface of the third application, wherein the graphical user interface of the third application comprises a third input box;

detecting a third touch gesture on the third input box; and

displaying a third list on the touchscreen in response to the third touch gesture, wherein the third list comprises the third data, but not the first data or the second data.

8. The data processing method of claim 7, further comprising:

detecting a tap gesture on the first data of the first list;

storing the first data in the clipboard; and

displaying the first data in the first input box.

9. The data processing method of claim 8, further comprising erasing the first data from the clipboard after displaying the first data in the first input box.

10. The data processing method of claim 7, further comprising displaying an identifier of the first application corresponding to the first data while displaying the first data in the first list.

11. The data processing method of claim 10, wherein the identifier of the first application is an icon of the first application or a name of the first application.

12. The data processing method of claim 7, further comprising marking the first data from the private queue and the second data from the public queue of the clipboard with different colors.

13. A computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that, when executed by a processor, cause an electronic device to:

copy first data in a first application, wherein in a manner to copy the first data, the instructions further cause the electronic device to copy the first data to a private queue of a clipboard, and wherein the first data in the private queue can be pasted only in the first application;

copy second data in a second application, wherein in a manner to copy the second data, the instructions further cause the electronic device to copy the second data to a public queue of the clipboard, wherein the second data in the public queue can be pasted in any application, and wherein the first data from the private queue and the second data from the public queue of the clipboard are marked differently;

copy third data in a third application;

display a graphical user interface of the first application on a touchscreen, wherein the graphical user interface of the first application comprises a first input box;

detect a first touch gesture on the first input box;

display a first list on the touchscreen in response to the first touch gesture, wherein the first list comprises the first data and the third data, but not the second data;

display a graphical user interface of the second application, wherein the graphical user interface of the second application comprises a second input box;

detect a second touch gesture on the second input box;

display a second list on the touchscreen in response to the second touch gesture, wherein the second list comprises the second data and the third data, but not the first data;

display a graphical user interface of the third application, wherein the graphical user interface of the third application comprises a third input box;

detect a third touch gesture on the third input box; and

display a third list on the touchscreen in response to the third touch gesture, wherein the third list comprises the third data, but not the first data or the second data.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to:

detect a tap gesture on the first data of the first list;

store the first data in the clipboard; and

display the first data in the first input box.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to erase the first data from the clipboard after displaying the first data in the first input box.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to display an identifier of the first application corresponding to the first data while displaying the first data in the first list.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the identifier of the first application is an icon of the first application or a name of the first application.

18. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to display an identifier of the third application corresponding to the third data while displaying the third data in the first list.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the identifier of the third application is an icon of the third application or a name of the third application.

20. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to mark the first data from the private queue and the second data from the public queue of the clipboard with different colors.