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US 2014/0157169 A1Published application
Clip board system with visual affordance
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorErez Kikin-gil
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Abstract
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.
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A clip board system, comprising:
- a clip board visualization component generating a visual affordance corresponding to each clipped item stored on a clip board, each given visual affordance displaying information indicative of the corresponding given clipped item;
- a clip board operations component receiving a clip board operations user input to perform a clip board operation on a selected clipped item;
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- a computer processor, being a functional part of the clip board system and activated by the clip board visualization component and the clip board operations component to facilitate generating the visual affordance and performing the clip board operation.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, through a user interface display, a clip board user input selecting content to be saved to a clip board;
- saving the selected content to the clip board;
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- displaying a visual affordance on a user interface display, the visual affordance corresponding to the selected content saved to the clip board.
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A computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method, comprising:
- receiving, through a user interface display, a clip board user input selecting content to be saved to a clip board, the clip board user input comprising a drag and drop input dragging a representation of the selected content on the user interface display to place the selected content on the clip board;
- saving the selected content to the clip board;
- displaying a visual affordance on a user interface display, the visual affordance corresponding to the selected content saved to the clip board;
- and
- receiving a retrieve user input retrieving the selected content from the clip board and pasting it to a given location in content displayed on the user interface display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.