Intelligent Canvas

A computer-readable medium bearing computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a computing device comprising at least a processor and a memory, cause a computing device to carry out a method for providing improved access to content accessible outside of the current execution context, the method comprising:

• providing an intelligent canvas as a service on the computing device, the intelligent canvas being provided as an operating system-level service, wherein interaction with the intelligent canvas does not require a change from the current execution context;
• providing a content capture process on the computing device, wherein the content capture process executes in the background of the computing device and wherein the content capture process is configured to capture content accessed by the user and store the captured content as one or more content cards in a content card index associated with the user;
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• receiving a request to interact with the intelligent canvas;
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• presenting an intelligent canvas view for display on the computing device, wherein the intelligent canvas view includes a plurality of user-actionable controls and wherein at least one user-actionable control corresponds to content for importing into the current execution context, and wherein corresponding content of the at least one user-actionable control is anticipatorily selected for presentation in the intelligent canvas view from the captured content in the content card index.

A computing device for providing improved access to content accessible outside of the current execution context, the computing device comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor executes instructions stored in the memory as part of or in conjunction with additional components in providing improved access to content, the additional components comprising:

• a content capture component configured to operate in the background on the computing device, and further configured to capture content accessed by a user of the computing device and store the captured content in a content card index;
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• an intelligent clipboard configured to operate as an operating system-level service on the computing device, and further configured to, upon receiving a request from a user to interact with the intelligent clipboard, presents an intelligent canvas view for display on the computing device:
• wherein the intelligent canvas view includes a plurality of user-actionable controls, and wherein at least one user-actionable control of the plurality of user-actionable controls corresponds to content for importing into the current execution context, and wherein corresponding content of the at least one user-actionable control is anticipatorily selected from a plurality of content cards in the content card index for presentation in the intelligent canvas view.