Toolbar document content sharing
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsMatthew E. BLAIN, Alexander M. MENDES DA COSTA, Na A. TANG
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Abstract
A system may provide a toolbar in a browser at a client, where the toolbar permits user selection from multiple different services for sharing document content. The system may receive a selection of a first one of the multiple different services from a user via the toolbar and may receive a selection of content of a first document browsed by the user. The system may post the selected content in a second document associated with the first one of the multiple different services.
Claims21
1-23. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- presenting, by a device, a document for display in a first browser window of a browser, the document including content;
- receiving, by the device, selection of a portion of the content included in the document, the portion of the content being less than an entirety of the content included in the document;
- providing, by the device, an option for sharing the portion of the content after receiving the selection of the portion of the content,
- the option including an option to share the portion of the content via e-mail;
- receiving, by the device, selection of the option to share the portion of the content via e-mail;
- opening, by the device, a second browser window, of the browser, based on receiving the selection of the option to share the portion of the content via e-mail,
- the second browser window being different from the first browser window;
- creating, by the device and after opening the second browser window, an e-mail for display within the second browser window;
- and
- posting, by the device and after creating the e-mail, the portion of the content in the e-mail, within the second browser window, to permit the portion of the content to be shared with one or more users via the e-mail.
A system comprising:
- a device to:
- present a document for display in a first browser window of a browser;
- receive selection of content included in the document;
- provide an option for sharing the content after receiving the selection of the content,
- the option for sharing the content including an option to share the content via e-mail;
- receive selection of the option to share the content via e-mail;
- open a second browser window, of the browser, based on receiving the selection of the option to share the content via e-mail,
- the second browser window being different from the first browser window;
- create, after opening the second browser window, an e-mail for display within the second browser window;
- and
- post, after creating the e-mail, information regarding an entirety of the content or information regarding a portion of the content in the e-mail, within the second browser window, to permit the entirety of the content or the portion of the content to be shared with one or more users via the e-mail,
- the portion of the content being less than the entirety of the content,
- the information regarding the entirety of the content being posted to the e-mail when the selection of the content relates to selection of the entirety of the content,
- the information regarding the portion of the content being posted to the e-mail when the selection of the content relates to selection of the portion of the content.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, the instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to present a document for display in a first browser window of a browser;
- one or more instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive selection of content included in the document;
- one or more instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to provide an option for sharing content after receiving the selection of the content,
- the option for sharing content including an option to share content via e-mail;
- one or more instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive selection of the option to share content via e-mail;
- one or more instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to open a second browser window, of the browser, based on receiving the selection of the option to share content via e-mail,
- the second browser window being different from the first browser window;
- one or more instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to create, after opening the second browser window, an e-mail for display within the second browser window;
- and
- one or more instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to post, after creating the e-mail and in the e-mail within the second browser window, information regarding an entirety of the content included in the document or information regarding a portion of the content included in the document to permit the entirety of the content or the portion of the content to be shared with one or more users via the e-mail,
- the portion of the content being less than the entirety of the content,
- the information regarding the entirety of the content being posted to the e-mail when the selection of the content relates to selection of the entirety of the content,
- the information regarding the portion of the content being posted to the e-mail when the selection of the content relates to selection of the portion of the content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.