Proposing a copy area in a document
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTomoka Mochizuki, Munehiko Sato, Tomonori Sugiura
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Abstract
Information on a cursor or pointer position is obtained, indicating a first content on a document displayed on a screen. A plurality of second contents are retrieved from a history information, each of the second contents comprising the first content. The history information comprises sets of contents, each of the sets comprising a content in the document which was copied by one or more users, and position information of this content. The sets are ranked in a predetermined order. A copy area is proposed based on one or more second contents in the predetermined order among the retrieved second contents.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for proposing a copy area in a document, the method comprising:
- obtaining information on a pointer position on a first content on a document displayed on a screen;
- retrieving, from a history information, a plurality of second contents, each of the second contents comprising the first content, wherein the history information comprises sets of contents, each of the sets comprising a content in the document, which content was copied by one or more users, and position information of this content, the sets ranked in a predetermined order;
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- proposing, as a copy area, one or more second contents in the predetermined order among the retrieved second contents.
A computer system for proposing a copy area in a document, the computer system comprising:
- a memory;
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- a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, the method comprising:
- obtaining information on a pointer position on a first content on a document displayed on a screen;
- retrieving, from a history information, a plurality of second contents, each of the second contents comprising the first content, wherein the history information comprises sets of contents, each of the sets comprising a content in the document, which content was copied by one or more users, and position information of this content, the sets ranked in a predetermined order;
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- proposing, as a copy area, one or more second contents in the predetermined order among the retrieved second contents.
A computer program product for proposing a copy area in a document, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
- obtaining information on a pointer position on a first content on a document displayed on a screen;
- retrieving, from a history information, a plurality of second contents, each of the second contents comprising the first content, wherein the history information comprises sets of contents, each of the sets comprising a content in the document, which content was copied by one or more users, and position information of this content, the sets ranked in a predetermined order;
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- proposing, as a copy area, one or more second contents in the predetermined order among the retrieved second contents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.