Conversion and query for data dragged on web-sites
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorsAron Spohr, Rajit Bhanu Singh
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Abstract
A service performs transformation for material that has been dragged in one format from a web-site and has to be transformed first in order to be dropped onto a different web-page. The transformation makes it possible for the target (drop) page to understand and process the data. A target page need only support one format rather than numerous possible formats used by source pages.
Claims12
A computer implemented method, comprising:
- detecting the start of a drag operation at a first location of material in a first format;
- receiving the material from the first location in the first format at the drag bar;
- detecting the start of a drag operation at a second location of material in either the first format or a second format;
- receiving the material from the second location at the drag bar;
- detecting the start of a drag operation of the first and second material at the drag bar;
- performing a conversion of at least one of the first or second format upon dropping the material into a search engine;
- and
- fulfilling a query request based upon both the first and second material.
A computer implemented method for analyzing a plurality of groupings of material and providing information relevant to the plurality of groupings, comprising:
- detecting the start of a drag operation at a first location of a first grouping of material;
- receiving the material from the first location in the first format at the drag bar;
- detecting the start of a drag operation at a second location of a second grouping of material;
- receiving the material from the second location at the drag bar;
- coalescing the material received at the drag bar from the first location and second location into a query request;
- and
- fulfilling the query request based upon the coalesced material.
A computer implemented method for analyzing a plurality of groupings of material and providing information relevant to the plurality of groupings, comprising:
- detecting the start of a drag operation at a first location of a first grouping of material indicative of an address or location;
- receiving the material from the first location in the first format at the drag bar;
- detecting the start of a drag operation at a second location of a second grouping of material indicative of a good or service desired;
- receiving the material from the second location at the drag bar;
- and
- coalescing the material received at the drag bar into a serviceable query.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.