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US 9,542,470 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for obtaining content in screenshot
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBiao Han, Sheng Bo Hou, Zhong Tian, Hua Zhang
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a method and apparatus for obtaining the content in a screenshot. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, content organization information associated with the screenshot may be obtained, wherein the content organization information may include the structure and data of one or more data objects associated with the content in the screenshot. The content in the screenshot may be determined based on the content organization information.
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A method for obtaining the content in a screenshot, comprising:
- obtaining, by one or more computing devices, content organization information associated with the screenshot, wherein the content organization information comprises a structure and data of one or more data objects associated with the content in the screenshot, wherein the content organization information further comprises a data object identifier that identifies the content in the screenshot, and wherein the data object identifier identifies the content in each screenshot of a plurality of screenshots:
- looking up previously stored content organization information that is associated with the screenshot;
- comparing the obtained content organization information with the previously stored content organization information;
- if a data object in the obtained content organization information is not present in the previously stored content organization information, performing adding operation for the data object;
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- if a data object in the obtained content organization information is present in the previously stored content organization information, performing updating operation for the data object in response to data of the data object being changed,
- wherein in response to performing adding operation for a data object, a new data object identifier and a new version identifier are set for the data object and in response to performing updating operation for a data object, a new version identifier is set for the data object, and the data object identifier same as that of a previously stored data object is set for the data object;
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- determining, by the one or more computing devices, the content in the screenshot based on the content organization information.
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An apparatus including one or more processors and one or more memories configured to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining content organization information associated with a screenshot, wherein the content organization information comprises a structure and data of one or more data objects associated with the content in the screenshot, wherein the content organization information further comprises a data object identifier that identifies the content in the screenshot, and wherein the data object identifier identifies the content in each screenshot of a plurality of screenshots;
- looking up previously stored content organization information that is associated with the screenshot;
- comparing the obtained content organization information with the previously stored content organization information;
- if a data object in the obtained content organization information is not present in the previously stored content organization information, performing an adding operation for the data object;
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- if a data object in the obtained content organization information is present in the previously stored content organization information, performing and updating operation for the data object in response to data of the data object being changed,
- wherein in response to performing adding operation for a data object, a new data object identifier and a new version identifier are set for the data object and in response to performing updating operation for a data object, a new version identifier is set for the data object, and a data object identifier as same as that of a previously stored data object is set for the data object;
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- determining the content in the screenshot based on the content organization information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.