Simultaneous data copy operation
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsArnold S. Weksler, Neal Robert Caliendo, Jr., Antonio Bumarch, III, Russell Speight VanBlon
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Abstract
An apparatus for inserting selected data from a source electronic document to a target electronic document includes a location tracking module and a data module. The location tracking module stores a location of a data insertion point within the target document. The data module inserts selected data from the source document at the data insertion point within the target document.
Claims17
An apparatus comprising:
- a location tracking module that stores a location of a plurality of data insertion points within a plurality of target documents, wherein the plurality of target documents comprise documents of a plurality of file types;
- a viewing module that switches from a target document to a source document in response to the location tracking module storing the location of a data insertion point at the target document;
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- a data module that automatically inserts selected data from a source document at one or more data insertion points within one or more target documents of the plurality of target documents whose file type matches the source document file type;
- wherein the viewing module presents a user with a list of target documents in response to the data module inserting the selected data,
- wherein the location tracking module and the data module comprise one or more of semiconductor hardware, a memory storing computer readable code, and a processor executing the computer readable code.
A method comprising:
- storing a location of a plurality of data insertion point within a plurality of target documents, wherein the plurality of target documents comprise documents of a plurality of file types;
- switching from a target document to a source document in response to storing the location of a data insertion point in the target document;
- automatically inserting selected data from a source document at one or more data insertion points within one or more target documents of the plurality of target documents whose file type matches the source document file type, and
- presenting a user with a list of target documents in response to inserting the selected data.
A program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable code executable by a processor to perform:
- storing a location of a plurality of data insertion point within a plurality of target documents, wherein the plurality of target documents comprise documents of a plurality of file types;
- switching from a target document to a source document in response to storing the location of a data insertion point in the target document;
- automatically inserting selected data from a source document at one or more data insertion points within one or more target documents of the plurality of target documents whose file type matches the source document file type, and
- presenting a user with a list of target documents in response to inserting the selected data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.