US 8,276,090 B2Granted

Automatic reference note generator

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorsYen-Fu Chen, John W. Dunsmoir

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Abstract

A reference note is automatically generated in an electronic document when directly quoting information from another electronic document by receiving a first user-selected insertion point or replacement area to a destination electronic document by receiving a user selection of text content to be transferred from a source user interface to the first insertion point or replacement area; automatically copying the selected content to a transfer buffer without requiring the user to return to the first user interface; automatically capturing and recording one or more source reference data items corresponding to the selected content simultaneously with or subsequent to automatically copying the selected content to a transfer buffer; and automatically generating in the destination electronic document at least one reference note such as a footnote, an endnote, a table of references entry, or a bibliographical entry containing the recorded source reference data items.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A computer program product for automatically generating a reference note in an electronic document when directly quoting information from another electronic document, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to receive a first user-selected insertion point or replacement area from
a first user interface to a destination electronic document;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to, subsequent to receiving the first insertion point, provide a source user interface to a user-selected source electronic document;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to, subsequent to providing the source user interface, receive a user selection of text content to be transferred from the source user interface to the first insertion point or replacement area;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to, subsequent to receiving the user selection of content, automatically copy the selected content to a transfer buffer without requiring the user to return to the first user interface;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to
automatically capture and record one or more source reference
data items corresponding to the selected content simultaneously with
or subsequent to automatically copying the selected content to a transfer buffer;
and
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to
automatically generate in the destination electronic document at least one reference note selected from the group consisting of a footnote, an endnote, a table of references entry, and a bibliographical entry containing the recorded source reference data items.

10 more elements

A computer system for generating a reference note in an electronic document when directly quoting information from another electronic document, the computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive a user-selected first insertion point or replacement area designation received from a first user interface to a destination electronic document;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to display a second user interface subsequent to receiving the first insertion point or replacement area designation, the second user interface being configured to allow a user to manipulate a source electronic document;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive from a user a selection of an amount text content in the source electronic document via the second user interface to be quoted from the source user interface to the first insertion point or replacement area;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to, subsequent receiving the selection, automatically copy the selection to a transfer buffer;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to capture and record one or more source reference data items corresponding to the selection simultaneously with or subsequent to copying the selection content;
and
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to generate in the destination electronic document one or more human-readable reference notes containing the captured source reference data items, the one or more reference notes being selected from the group consisting of a footnote, an endnote, a table of references entry, and a bibliographical entry.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/961,813Filed 20 Dec 2007 · division
Priority: 12 Jan 2004
Published: US 2008/0098317 A124 Apr 2008
Granted: 25 Sep 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06F 40/166
Text processing: editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
G06F 3/0486
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
G06F 3/1454
Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units: involving copying of the…
G06F 9/543
Interprogram communication: user-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]

Family

Application10/755,834Parent of this division · filed 12 Jan 2004
US 2008/0098317 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 Apr 2008
US 7,340,685 B2Parent of this division
US 2005/0154993 A1Published application
US 8,276,090 B2This patent

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