Document clipping with linked information
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakafumi Yamada
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Abstract
An apparatus receives a first selection command to select a part of an area of a displayed first document (e.g., text, image, etc) as a selected area. When the apparatus receives the first selection command, the apparatus causes display content included in the selected area selected in response to the first selection command to be stored in a storage unit and determines whether link information linked to second document is included in the selected area. The apparatus acquires document data of the second document using the link information in response to determining that the link information is included in the selected area.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to control the apparatus to:
- receive a first selection command to select a part of an area of a displayed first document as a selected area;
- in response to receiving the first selection command:
- causing display content included in the selected area selected in response to the first selection command to be stored in a storage unit;
- determine whether a threshold amount of link information linked to a second document is included in the selected area;
- and
- acquire document data of the second document using the link information in response to determining that the threshold amount of link information is included in the selected area and without requiring user interaction with the link information in the selected area;
- execute a web browser having a browser window;
- and
- display a thumbnail corresponding to the acquired document data of the second document together with a thumbnail corresponding to the display content of the selected area of the first document, in one region of the browser window.
A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause an apparatus to:
- receive a first selection command to select a part of an area of a displayed first document as a selected area;
- in response to receiving the first selection command:
- cause display content included in the selected area selected in response to the first selection command to be stored in a storage unit;
- determine whether a threshold amount of link information linked to a second document is included in the selected area;
- and
- acquire document data of the second document using the link information in response to determining that the threshold amount of link information is included in the selected area and without requiring user interaction with the link information in the selected area;
- execute a web browser having a browser window;
- and
- display a thumbnail corresponding to the acquired document data of the second document together with a thumbnail corresponding to the display content of the selected area of the first document, in one region of the browser window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.