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Clipboard augmentation with references

  • US 9,747,266 B2
  • Filed: 01/31/2011
  • Issued: 08/29/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • at least one processing unit; and

    at least one memory comprising;

    a clipboard for enabling information exchange between a first application and a second application,a first set of instructions that when executed by the at least one processing unit perform a copy method comprising;

    in response to a copy operation initiated by a user while using the first application,(1) generating structured clipboard data comprising a content type attribute representing a type of at least one data item, a uniform resource attribute containing a reference to a location of the at least one data item, wherein the location of the at least one data item refers to a location external to the system, and activity data specifying at least one function associated with the at least one data item, and(2) storing the structured clipboard data in the clipboard; and

    a second set of instructions that when executed by the at least one processing unit perform a paste method comprising;

    in response to a paste operation initiated by the user while using the second application, processing the structured clipboard data in the clipboard, including;

    (1) determining the type of the at least one data item based on any content type attribute representing the type of the at least one data item, and(2) executing the paste operation by retrieving the at least one data item based on the uniform resource attribute containing the reference to the location after executing the at least one function based on the activity data associated with the at least one data item.

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