| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 715770000 | Cut and paste | 57 |
| 20080201656 | Application-based copy and paste operations - Various embodiments provide application- or browser-based, copy and paste operations. In one or more embodiments, a web browser supports copy and paste functionality thus enabling the user to easily move data from one location to another. The browser-based solution can thus relieve websites from having to include code that implements the copy and paste functionality. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080222548 | In-Context Total Document Views for Manipulating Data - A computer-implementable method, system and computer-readable medium for providing in-context total document views for manipulating data are presented. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: displaying an active context of a software program on a User Interface (UI); receiving a copy command for a copied element from the active context; in response to a control signal, displaying an access view of one or more secondary contexts of the software program; temporarily activating a selected context from the secondary contexts shown in the access view while continuing to display the active context on the UI; and pasting the copied element into the selected context. Preferably, in response to the copied element being pasted into the selected secondary context, the access view is automatically removed from the UI. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080282180 | Data Transfer Using A Network Clipboard - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media provide for the transfer of data between electronic devices utilizing a network clipboard. According to various embodiments described herein, a clipboard application residing on a host device associated with a user transmits data from a local clipboard of the host device to a remote network clipboard via a network. A clipboard application associated with a target device associated with the user transmits a request for the data stored on the network clipboard. A copy of the data associated with the user is retrieved from the network clipboard and stored on a local clipboard of the target device. The data is then copied to a target application. This process results from a single network clipboard transaction that includes a cut or copy action on the host device and a paste action on the target device. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080295013 | Method and apparatus for performing semantically informed text operations - One example of a semantically informed text operation comprises selecting a source region of a document and determining if the source region has a surface region bi-directionally coupled to a semantic object. The coupled semantic object is identified as are the presentation(s) associated with the semantic object. A target region of the same or anther document is selected. Any of the presentations that cannot be expressed in the target region are eliminated to identify a set of remaining presentations. A set of semantic choices based on the remaining presentations is determined. One of the semantic choices is selected and executed in the target region. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090024947 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR APPENDING A GROUP OF FILES TO FILES ON A CLIPBOARD OF A DESKTOP - A system, apparatus and method of appending a group of files to files on a clipboard of a desktop are provided. The system, apparatus and method include displaying a first window having an option that allows a group of files to be appended to files on the clipboard and asserting the option to append the files. The first window is ordinarily displayed after at least one file has been copied onto the clipboard and a second file is selected to be copied. In the case where at least one file has not already been copied onto the clipboard, a second window is displayed. The second window has an option that allows only one file or group of files to be copied onto the clipboard. The first window further contains an option that allows a file or a group of files to replace file or files already copied on the clipboard. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090031238 | Automatic Natural Language Translation During Information Transfer - Information elements such as text, tables, graphics, and hyperlinks, are intercepted during their transfer from a computer source to a computer destination, such as during a cut-and-paste operation. It is determined if each intercepted information element is expressed in a natural language which matches a user-specified natural language intended for the destination, and if not, one or more natural language handling actions such as translation or isolation of the information elements is performed in order to match the desired destination language. Translated information elements are delivered to the destination, and isolated elements are placed in a data store for later review and/or exchange with other elements. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090044140 | Intermediate Viewer for Transferring Information Elements via a Transfer Buffer to a Plurality of Sets of Destinations - A method for viewing and controlling data intermediately between source and destination by receiving from a graphical user interface a user designation of a plurality of sets of copy command destination positions within contents of a computer file, wherein each destination point is allowed to be included in more than one set of destination points; displaying to the user information elements contained in an operating system clipboard transfer buffer; receiving a user selection of information elements in the clipboard transfer buffer; receiving a user definition of a subset of the previously-designated copy command destination positions; and automatically copying the selected information elements to positions in the computer file corresponding according to the user defined subset of copy command destination positions. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090172580 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GATHERING STUDENT LOAN INFORMATION - An application for a method of originating a consolidated student loan includes logging onto a student loan summary page and copying all loan summary information from the student loan summary page onto a clipboard then pasting the loan summary information from the clipboard into an insertion box of a loan consolidation data input screen. Next, the loan summary information is parsed from the insertion box into individual data segments and target data fields are populated with the individual data segments. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090172581 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE FIELD PASTING - An application for a method of copy and paste of multiple fields concurrently includes copying a number of fields onto a clipboard then pasting the fields from the clipboard into an insertion box of a data input screen. The data input screen also has a plurality of target data fields. The fields are parsed from the insertion box into individual data segments and the target data fields are populated with the individual data segments. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090172582 | CAPTURE METHOD AND CAPTURE DEVICE - A capture method and a capture device are capable of increasing the amount of screen data that can be saved as log. The information of screen data displayed on a screen is acquired, and the active screen data is captured when determined that the active screen data is from application software to be captured based on the information of the screen data. In the capture processing step, an image data of a current active screen is presumptively configured so as to include a last active screen retrieved immediately before said current active screen that is positioned in a screen region other than said current active screen. A pixel difference between a pixel date of a current full-screen region and a pixel date of a last full-screen region is taken, and the pixel difference data as said active screen data is retrieved. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100064238 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EDITING EMPLOYING MULTIPLE CURSORS - Two independently adjustable and positionable cursors are employed in a visual interface for editing an electronic document. The document may comprise text symbols, text objects, and graphics objects, among others. If both cursors are located in close proximity within the document, then these cursors may be simultaneously displayed in a single window. Otherwise, two areas of the document, each comprising one of the cursors, may be simultaneously displayed using a separate window for each cursor, or alternately selected and displayed in a single window. Copy or cut operations may be made with one cursor, while paste operations may be repeated using the second cursor. Cursor locations may be left unchanged, or they may be moved between or within editing operations. The two cursors may be freely controlled by an enhanced pointing device, such as a high-dimensional touchpad providing at least four independently adjustable parameters. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100125806 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - When a plurality of overlapping windows are displayed on a display screen, each window is displayed in a convenient state for a user operation, thereby reducing the load of the user operation. Upon detecting an object drag operation, an information processing apparatus displays the window of a predetermined application, which is displayed behind another window, as the topmost window. At this time, the window of the predetermined application reduces its size or changes the display position so as not to interfere with the other window displayed in front of it. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100185967 | Information Processing Device, and File Managing Method | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110022976 | DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE SYSTEM - A user interface system for operating software on a computer includes a pointing device operable by a user's primary dexterous hand, a keyboard operable by the user's secondary dexterous hand, a matrix of keyboard keys on the keyboard. The matrix may include a first set of functions that are selected from a plurality of functions, and can be programmed to the matrix and displayed on the computer screen as a context menu. The selection of the functions being programmed to the matrix is dynamically linked to a previously executed function. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110047495 | ELECTRONIC BOOK WITH INFORMATION MANIPULATION FEATURES - An electronic book having various features for manipulating text or other information. The subscriber may highlight, cut and paste, copy and paste, and annotate information within an electronic book. A multiple page view feature permits the subscriber to simultaneously view any plurality of pages of an electronic book, and a multiple screen feature permits the subscriber to view one or more pages on a viewer having multiple screens. A picture-in-picture feature permits the subscriber to simultaneously view a page of an electronic book along with other content, such as a television program or information from another electronic book. The picture-in-picture feature may display an electronic book page as a main image wrapped around an inset image. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110173555 | USING STYLE ELEMENTS TO COPY AND PASTE A SELECTED AREA OF A SCREEN DISPLAY - A copy and paste operation allows selection from a copy source display area to be copied from a display screen of a display unit and pasted to a paste destination display area without losing the original appearance and style. A processing unit determines from data generated on the style of a copy source and data on the paste destination style, whether the paste destination style would change the copy source style. If it is determined that the paste destination style would change the copy source style, the copy source style is processed into the paste destination style in order to make the paste destination style consistent with the copy source style. The paste destination display area then displays the copy source display area pasted therein with the copy source style. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110197155 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH DUAL DISPLAY UNITS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CLIPBOARD FUNCTION USING THE DUAL DISPLAY UNITS - A mobile device with dual display units and a method for executing a clipboard function on the mobile device are provided. The method includes displaying screen images on at least one of a first display unit and a second display unit according to an execution of an application, displaying a clipboard area on the first display unit and the second display unit according to an execution of the clipboard function, where the clipboard area includes regions allocated to the first display unit and the second display unit, respectively, and controlling the registration or the addition of an object on the first display unit or the second display unit in which a clipboard event occurs. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110271218 | ASSOCIATING AN OBJECT WITH A RELEVANT DATA SOURCE - Associating an object with a relevant data source is disclosed. In some embodiments, an object pasted into a destination document is associated with a data source included in the destination document. In various embodiments, the data source associated with the object may comprise a data source concurrently pasted with the object into the destination document, a data source already existing in the destination document prior to the object being pasted into the destination document, or a data source generated in the destination document using data extracted from the pasted object. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120005608 | SMART COPY/PASTE OF GRAPHICAL NODES - When using graphical diagrams, cutting and pasting operations may take advantage of predefined relationships to intelligently insert and remove items from the diagram. A text data model may be interpreted sequentially or hierarchically to construct various diagrams. Pasting operations will bring new data into the diagram and data model while conforming the new data to the diagram definition. Cutting operations may cause the data model and diagram to be healed to conform to the diagram definition. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120042272 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of controlling a mobile terminal includes displaying, on a display module of the mobile terminal, an operation screen on which a plurality of icons including a first icon and a second icon are arranged, displaying at least one pocket area on one side of the operation screen, receiving, on the display module, a dragging input for dragging the first icon into the at least one pocket area, wherein the first icon disappears into the pocket area as a result of the dragging input, and displaying the second icon at a location where the disappeared first icon was originally displayed. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120110486 | UNIVERSAL CLIPBOARD - A multi-screen user device and a universal clipboard application are described. Specifically, the universal clipboard application can be open on one screen of the multi-screen device while another application, from which data is either being copied to the clipboard application or pasted from the clipboard application, is open on another screen of the multi-screen device. Inputs received on the screen displaying the universal clipboard application can cause content to be copied to an application being displayed on the other screen of the multi-screen device, thereby providing an intuitive user interface for the universal clipboard application. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120131486 | ONLINE LOGO TOOL - An online tool allows a user, such as an online merchant, to access a page of a service provider, select a format, customize funding sources and designs, and copy and paste the code to the merchant page to quickly and easily create a customized funding source graphic. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120278746 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE HAVING AN ATTACHED TOOLBAR FOR DRAG AND DROP EDITING IN DETAIL-IN-CONTEXT LENS PRESENTATIONS - Detail-in-context techniques are described. In an implementation, an original image is distorted to produce a distorted region for a selected object at a first position in an original image displayed on a display screen. The distorted region magnifies at least a portion of the object. A signal is received to drag the object and the distorted region from the first position to a second position. A signal is received to drop the object at the second position. The distorted region is removed from the original image after the object is dropped at the second position. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120304094 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING TEXT USING MULTIPLE SELECTION AND MULTIPLE PASTE - A method of a mobile terminal for editing using multiple copy or crop operation includes displaying a menu window, and when a user's input for copy or crop via the menu window exists, a highlighting pen icon is displayed to allow the user to select an object to copy or crop via the highlighting pen icon, wherein the selected object(s) is stored for a subsequent paste operation. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130014044 | ENABLING ACCESS TO RICH DATA - Systems and methods for enabling access to data, including data represented using a variety of “richer” data formats, are disclosed. Such systems and methods may be useful, among a variety of cases, with applications or entities that may not typically be able to access such richer data. In at least some implementations, data copied to a clipboard and formatted using a variety of formats may be provided or accessed by a destination application as part of a paste operation even when the destination application may not natively provide the ability to access all of the data formats that might exist on a clipboard. In at least some implementations, such access may be provided without modifying or augmenting the data placed on the clipboard. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130055131 | Animation for Cut and Paste of Content - Animation for the cut and paste of content in an electronic document may be provided. A user interface may be displayed on a computer which includes a content surface for editing the content. The computer may then cut the content from a first location in response to a received request. The computer may then paste the content to a second location on the content surface in response to a received request. The pasting of the content from the first location to the second location may be displayed as a gradual transition of the content on the content surface. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130097543 | CAPTURE-AND-PASTE METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A capture-and-paste method is implemented by a processor of an electronic device having a display unit. The processor executes at least one application and correspondingly enables display of at least one application window. The capture-and-paste method includes: defining a transparent working zone superimposed on the application window; moving the working zone onto a user-selected part of the application window; capturing the user-selected part of the application window to result in captured content; moving the working zone onto another user-selected part of the application window; and pasting the captured content onto the another user-selected part of the application window. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130132878 | TOUCH ENABLED DEVICE DROP ZONE - A touch enabled device includes a touch enabled graphical user interface that displays a canvas region and a drop zone region. The canvas region displays an object. The drop zone region displays an area that is distinct from the canvas region. Further, the touch enabled device includes a processor that positions the object within the drop zone upon receiving a request to move the object from the canvas to the drop zone and a batch processing command that the processor performs on the drop zone region such that the batch processing command is performed on the object within the drop zone and any other objects within the drop zone region. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130139087 | COPY AND PASTE BUFFER - Data from multiple source applications may be coped and stored in a buffer as data items. A user may iterate through the data items stored in the buffer after the source applications have been closed. The user may select one or more of the data items in the buffer and copy the selected one or more data items into a target application. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130179816 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal apparatus and controlling method thereof are provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a display unit which displays a screen including a first area including at least one object and a second area to perform editing using the at least one object, a user interface unit which receives a user command to copy the object displayed in the first area to the second area, and a controller which, in response to the received user command, controls to automatically copy the object to a location within the second area which corresponds to an attribute of the object based on the attribute of the object. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130191769 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CLIPBOARD FUNCTION IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for providing a clipboard in a mobile terminal includes, upon execution of an application, the mobile terminal activates a smart clipboard including at least one of a word and an image if it is determined that a text input window is displayed, and outputs a symbol indicating the activation of the smart clipboard, and words and images saved during operation are cumulatively stored in the smart clipboard. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130290889 | DATA PASTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A data pasting method and apparatus. The method determines attributes of a source object that is data to be pasted. The attributes of each candidate paste target is obtained among a plurality of candidate paste targets, the attributes of the candidate paste targets contrain an editable component which determines a matching relationship between each of the candidate paste targets and the source object based on the attributes of the source object and the attributes of the editable component. The method provides recommendation for pasting the source object based on the matching relationship. By adopting the technical solution according to the present application, the efficiency of data pasting operation can be improved. Also provided is an apparatus for implementing the above data pasting method. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130339889 | ENHANCED COPY AND PASTE BETWEEN APPLICATIONS - Enhanced copying and pasting between applications includes capturing information about open applications including a screenshot of each of the open applications shown in a viewable area of the open applications; in response to receiving a copy command while the user is interacting with a first application, presenting the screenshots of the other open applications to the user for selection; in response to the user selecting one of the screenshots corresponding to a second application, displaying visual content segments from the second application; in response to receiving a user selection of two or more of the visual content segments, copying the selected visual content segments; and inserting the selected visual content segments into the first application such that original spatial relations between the visual content segments from the second application are maintained when the visual content segments are inserted into the first application. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140013258 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CLIPBOARD FUNCTION IN MOBILE DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for providing a clipboard function in a mobile device. The method includes: detecting whether a clipboard mode entry event for entering a clipboard mode has occurred; searching for at least one object capable of being clipped on a touch screen displaying a screen of the mobile device, when the clipboard mode entry event has occurred; and displaying at least one clip identifier matched with the at least one found object on the touch screen of the mobile device. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140019899 | Location-Dependent Drag and Drop UI - An improved interactive user interface for presenting functionalities of an application is provided. An application functionality applied to a data element range may be represented by a selectable preview element that provides a preview of the application functionality applied to the data element range. Upon selection of a preview element, one or more drop zones may be displayed. The preview element may be dragged to a drop zone and may animate into a visualization of the application functionality applied to the data element. The type of visualization that is displayed may be dependent on the drop zone to which the preview element is dragged. After a preview element is dropped into a drop zone, the functionality may be applied to the data element range and be displayed. The interactive data visualizations may encourage a user to explore features of an application. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140047370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COPY-AND-PASTE OF OBJECT - A method and an apparatus for copy-and-paste of a GUI object are provided. The method includes sensing a multi-touch gesture event and copying at least one GUI object. The multi-touch gesture event includes either a multi-tap and hold gesture event or a multi-tap gesture event. An electronic device for copy and paste of a GUI object comprises a touch screen, at least one or more processors, a memory, and at least one or more modules, each of the one or more modules being stored in the memory and being configured to be executed by the one or more processors, wherein the at least one or more modules is configured to sense a multi-touch gesture event on the touch screen and to copy at least one GUI object. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140082539 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-TOUCH DUPLICATION AND SWAPPING INTERACTIONS - One exemplary embodiment involves a computer-implemented method that comprises rendering, by a processor, an interface comprising one or more containers, each container comprising content. The embodiment involves receiving, via a touch display, a continuous first input, the first input being received for a threshold amount of time at a location corresponding to a first container depicted on the interface. The embodiment then involves copying the first container to create a duplicate container. Additionally, the embodiment involves receiving a second input at a second location on interface and responsive to receipt of the second input, rendering the duplicate container in the interface at the second location. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140123045 | Mixed Type Text Extraction and Distribution - Systems, methods, and devices for extracting and distributing text of mixed types from displayed graphical data from a display of an electronic device are disclosed. The text types can include rendered text and text represented in rendered images. Displayed graphical data can be captured from data being displayed by an application on a display device. Text data can be extracted from the captured graphical data as text data at the rendering tree level, or by an optical character recognition process. In response to the extracted text data, a text selection tool with visual representations of selectable text can be applied to the displayed text data. Using the text selection tool, a user can select a subset of the text. In response to the user selection, one or more other applications can be determined and the selected text can be passed to at least one of the other applications for execution. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140157168 | COPY AND PASTE EXPERIENCE - An improved copy and paste experience includes capturing information about open applications including a screenshot of each of the open applications shown in a viewable area of the open applications; in response to receiving a copy command while the user is interacting with a first application, presenting the screenshots of the other open applications to the user for selection; in response to the user selecting one of the screenshots corresponding to a second application, displaying visual content segments from the second application; in response to receiving a user selection of two or more of the visual content segments, copying the selected visual content segments; and inserting the selected visual content segments into the first application such that original spatial relations between the visual content segments from the second application are maintained when the visual content segments are inserted into the first application. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140157169 | CLIP BOARD SYSTEM WITH VISUAL AFFORDANCE - A clip board system provides a visual affordance for clipped information that is stored on a clip board. A direct manipulation method is used to place items on, and retrieve items from, the clip board. The clip board can also be implemented on a network so that content that is saved on the clip board can easily be accessed by a user using a plurality of different applications or devices. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140215372 | RELATING TO PASTING DATA - A method of pasting data from a source application to a destination application, where the source and destination applications are not the same; the method comprising the steps of: identifying whether the data is of text or graphics data type and selecting a text input handler if a text data type is identified and a graphics input handler if a graphics data type is identified; converting the data using the text or graphics input handler to a standard format for pasting based on the identified data type; determining semantics of the data in the standard format for pasting and a location of the user in the destination application, to which the data is to be pasted; determining which portions of the data are to be pasted to which areas of the determined location in the destination application, depending on the determined semantics of the data and the location of the user in the destination application; and pasting the data to the respective areas of the destination application. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140237409 | DEVICE HAVING TOUCH PANEL, RADAR APPARATUS, PLOTTER APPARATUS, SHIP NETWORK SYSTEM, SYMBOL SPECIFYING METHOD AND SYMBOL SPECIFYING PROGRAM - A touch panel device displays a nautical chart and symbols indicating waypoints arranged on the nautical chart. The touch panel device detects touch operations at two or more positions on the display screen and touched positions thereof. The touch panel device creates an area on the display screen based on the two or more detected touched positions, specifies one or more of the symbols located within the created area, and performs cut processing and the like on the one or more of the symbols. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140258905 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COPYING AND PASTING OF DATA - A method is provided including: detecting a first gesture performed while a cursor is placed in an input field in a first application; displaying an application list in response to the first gesture; detecting a selection of a second application from the application list; opening a first file with the second application and displaying a content of the first file; detecting a second gesture being performed on a portion of the content of the first file; and inserting the portion of the content of the first file into the input field of the first application. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140304633 | Methods and Apparatus for Displaying Thumbnails While Copying and Pasting - A system provides for a clipboard manager for showing thumbnails in a clipboard while editing a document via a clipboard manager. The clipboard manager allows a user to select data from a second document. Upon selection, the clipboard manager generates a thumbnail that distinctly represents the data and stores the thumbnail and data in a clipboard. The thumbnail contains a miniaturized view of the data. The clipboard manager further allows the user to identify a paste location in the document that is to be edited. The clipboard manager displays the thumbnail in the clipboard in response to the user selecting a paste command. The user can employ the clipboard manager to insert the data at the paste location by selecting the thumbnail from the clipboard. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304634 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile terminal device displays at least one category on a predetermined display unit upon reception of copy operation or cut operation with respect to display information which is to be displayed on the predetermined display unit. The mobile terminal device stores the display information which is subjected to the copy operation or the cut operation in the memory, while associating the display information with a category selected out of the at least one category displayed on the predetermined display unit. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140337775 | MACHINE VISION SYSTEM PROGRAM EDITING ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING OPERATING CONTEXT AWARE COPY AND PASTE FEATURE - A method is provided for copying and pasting a set of machine vision part program operations when editing a part program in a machine vision inspection system. The method includes: a) selecting at least a first instruction representation at a copy location in a displayed part program representation; b) performing copy operations by executing a first subset of modification operations directed to elements that are specific to a first operating context at the copy location, to thereby generate a partially modified selected instruction representation and/or its underlying instruction code; c) defining a paste location in the displayed part program representation; and d) performing paste operations by executing a second subset of modification operations directed to elements that are specific to a second operating context at the paste location, to thereby generate and paste onto the paste location a fully modified selected instruction representation and/or its underlying instruction code. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150012861 | SYNCING CONTENT CLIPBOARD - Various embodiments provide a method of providing a clipboard that is available to a user across multiple devices, regardless of the particular semantics governing a particular environment or computing device. In particular, a user having an account linking multiple computing devices can, in one example, sync items stored to a clipboard across each device, thereby enabling the user to cut/copy an item on one device and paste the item on another. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012862 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation recognition unit configured to recognize a drag start area in a first application and a droppable area in a second application, the drag start area being an area where an drag operation is started, and the second application being different from the first application, a paste content processing unit configured to analyze attributes of the drag start area and the droppable area, and to determine a paste content in response to a comparison result between the respective attributes, and a paste execution unit configured to paste the paste content determined by the paste content processing unit, in the droppable area, when the operation recognition unit recognizes a drop operation in the droppable area. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150026620 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a touchscreen; a memory; and a controller configured to display a clipboard including copied content on the touchscreen, receive a paste selection signal indicating a pasting of the copied content from the clipboard to another location on the touchscreen, determine a property of the other location of the touchscreen, and modify a type of the copied content to correspond to the determined property of the other location when the content is pasted to the other location. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150033171 | SEGMENT RING MENU - A segment ring menu is provided that is used to easily access menu items. The segment ring menu includes a number of menus that are located equidistant from an initial mouse position from where the segment ring menu is evoked. Hovering over any of the sections of the segment ring menu displays the menu items hosted in that section. The segment ring menu layout is directed at making it easy for the user to reach any of the menu items with a small amount of mouse movement. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150074578 | TEXT SELECT AND ENTER - In embodiments of text select and enter, selectable character strings ( | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150095827 | PERSON IMAGE DECISION APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC ALBUM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A multiplicity of person images are classified into groups person by person. Representative thumbnail person images, which are representative of persons represented by person images included in respective ones of person image groups, are decided. The representative thumbnail person images decided are displayed on the display screen of an electronic album generating apparatus. A representative thumbnail person image, which represents a person desired to be pasted into a desired frame of the electronic album, is selected from among the representative thumbnail person images displayed. A person image to be pasted into a designated frame is decided automatically from among person images of a person represented by the representative thumbnail person image that has been selected. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150135112 | TWO STEP CONTENT SELECTION - In a first step of a two step content selection operation, initial content can be selected by detecting movement of a content selection object with respect to a computing device. The selection area can be calculated based on the object movement that is detected. The content within the selection area can be selected and displayed in a second display area overlaying the original content. The initial content can be copied into the second display area. All or part of the initial content can be enlarged, enabling the second step of the selection operation in which a subset of the initial content is selected. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20160041715 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING COPY-PASTE OPERATIONS ON A DEVICE VIA USER GESTURES - A multi-screen user device and methods for performing a copy-paste operation using finger gestures are disclosed. A first finger gesture is used to select a display area from which data is to be copied. Subsequently, a drag finger gesture is used to identify where the data that is to be pasted. The drag may extend across a non-display boundary between a first and second display screen of the multi-screen device. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160048284 | TERMINAL AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Provided are a terminal and a method of operating the same. The terminal includes a display unit displaying a plurality of icons that respectively represent the plurality of objects and detecting a user input; and a control unit displaying the plurality of icons on the display unit according to a first user input, displaying at least one icon to be identified according to a second user input that selects the at least one icon selected from the plurality of icons, and pasting an object corresponding to the selected icon on an input window according to a third user input that inputs the selected at least one icon into the input window. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160098155 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING OILFIELD OBJECTS - A method. The method may include obtaining, from a graphical user interface (GUI), a selection of a first oilfield object. The first oilfield object may define a portion of a first wellbore design. The method may further include determining a target context of a second wellbore design. The method may further include obtaining, from the first oilfield object, source oilfield data describing the portion of the first wellbore design. The method may further include adjusting the source oilfield data, according to the target context of the second wellbore design, to obtain target oilfield data for the second wellbore design. The method may further include generating, using the target oilfield data, a second oilfield object within the target context. The method may further include presenting, within the GUI, the second oilfield object. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160154686 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING CLIPBOARD CONTENTS ON A MOBILE TERMINAL | 06-02-2016 |
