Trust verification in copy and move operations
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsZeke Odins-Lucas, Samuel Fortiner, Marc Silbey
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Abstract
When using a clipboard or drag-and-drop interface of a graphical computer interface, a source application includes trust information along with data that is proffered to a target application. The target application conditions its acceptance of such data based on the trust information.
Claims20
A method for use in conjunction with a transfer service of a computer system having a graphical user interface, wherein said transfer service facilitates data transfer from a source to a target in response to user actions, the method comprising:
- composing a data object indicating data designated by a user;
- associating trust information with the data object;
- and
- providing the data object and associated trust information to the transfer service.
A method for use in conjunction with a transfer service of a computer system having a graphical user interface, wherein said transfer service facilitates data transfer from a source to a target in response to user actions, the method comprising:
- receiving a data object from the transfer service, the data object indicating (a) data designated by a user for transfer and (b) trust information regarding the indicated data;
- and
- evaluating the trust information to determine whether to accept the indicated data.
One or more computer-readable media containing instructions that are executable to perform actions comprising:
- composing a data object indicating data designated graphically by a user;
- including trust information in the data object;
- providing the data object to an intermediary transfer service for communication to a target application as designated by a user;
- and
- the target application evaluating the trust information to determine whether to accept the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.