US 11,307,754 B1 · Drag and drop quick actions

Abstract

The present technology provide a mechanism for displaying and initiating actions and workflows for objects with a single drag-and-drop operation in association with a content management system. Drag operations may be monitored to trigger monitoring of a pointer performing the drag operation to detect whether the pointer is within a threshold distance from a chosen aspect, such as a system tray icon, and/or an area of a temporary invisible window. Upon detection, the drag operation of the objects may seamlessly trigger a presentation of a menu window. The menu window may display one or more icons representing different actions and workflows for which the object may be dropped, via a drop operation, upon to indicate a selection.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method performed by a content management system comprising:

listening for a drag operation of an object reported by an operating system of a client device;
after detection of the drag operation, temporarily creating an invisible window defining an area, the invisible window persisting for as long as coordinates of a pointer performing the drag operation do not overlap with the area of the invisible window;
determining that coordinates of the pointer overlap with the area of the invisible window;
and
based on the determination that the coordinates overlap with the area, launching a menu window from a system tray icon, wherein the menu window includes one or more icons that represent one or more actions or workflows to perform on the object.

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A content management system comprising:

one or more processors;
and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
listen for a drag operation of an object reported by an operating system of a client device;
after detection of the drag operation, temporarily create an invisible window defining an area, the invisible window persisting for as long as coordinates of a pointer performing the drag operation do not overlap with the area of the invisible window;
determine that coordinates of the pointer overlap with the area of the invisible window;
and
based on determining that the coordinates overlap with the area, launch a menu window from a system tray icon, wherein the menu window includes one or more icons that represent one or more actions or workflows to perform on the object.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

listen for a drag operation of an object reported by an operating system of a client device;
after detection of the drag operation, temporarily create an invisible window defining an area, the invisible window persisting for as long as coordinates of a pointer performing the drag operation do not overlap with the area of the invisible window;
determine that coordinates of the pointer overlap with the area of the invisible window;
and
based on determining that the coordinates overlap with the area, launch a menu window from a system tray icon, wherein the menu window includes one or more icons that represent one or more actions or workflows to perform on the object.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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