Methods, Apparatuses, Systems, and Computer Readable Media for Copying Contents from a Layout File

A method for processing content information in an online environment, comprising:

• receiving, by a processor of a client, a display page from a server;
• receiving, by the processor, an inquiry for copying displayed contents in a selected area of the display page;
• determining, by the processor, area information associated with the selected area and page identification information associated with the display page;
• sending a request for a copying operation to the server, the request including the area information and the page identification information;
• and
• receiving a response from the server for performing the copying operation.

An apparatus for processing content information in an online environment, comprising:

• a processor and a memory communicatively connected with the processor;
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• receive a request for a copying operation to copy displayed contents in a selected area of a display page, the request including area information associated with the selected area and page identification information associated with the display page;
• obtain a layout page in a layout file stored in the memory based on the received page identification information, the layout page corresponding to the display page;
• search contents corresponding to the displayed contents in the obtained layout page based on the area information;
• and
• send the contents to a client for performing the copying operation.

A computer readable medium encoded with a program, when executed by a processor, performing a method for processing content information in an online environment, the method comprising:

• receiving a display page from a server;
• receiving an inquiry for copying displayed contents in a selected area of the display page;
• determining area information associated with the selected area and page identification information associated with the display page;
• sending a request for a copying operation to the server, the request including the area information and the page identification information;
• and
• receiving a response from the server for performing the copying operation.