Batch Action Clipboard for Web Content Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital content systems are inefficient in terms of computational resources and flexibility, often requiring numerous user interactions and processing steps to manage and move digital content items, especially in web-based environments.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a smart clipboard system that generates and maintains a web-based digital content clipboard for batch actions, allowing multiple content items to be copied, moved, or manipulated together with a single action, reducing the need for individual processing and user interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If existing systems process content items individually through multiple user interactions, then each content item can be managed with precise control, but the number of user interactions and computational resources required increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual content item operations into a single batch operation. The clipboard accumulates multiple content items from different locations, and a single paste action moves all accumulated items simultaneously, merging what would otherwise require multiple separate copy and paste operations into one unified action.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by accumulating content items in the clipboard before the final paste operation. Users can continuously add items to the clipboard during their workflow, and the system prepares these items for batch processing, so that when the user initiates the paste action, all accumulated items are moved in a single operation rather than requiring individual processing.
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing systems require single-device, single-session content management, then device security and session control are maintained, but system flexibility and accessibility across devices are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The clipboard service implements universality by allowing content items to be accumulated and managed across multiple devices and application sessions. The clipboard data is persisted and synchronized, enabling users to start accumulating items on one device, switch to another device or application, and continue the same batch operation without losing accumulated content or requiring re-authentication.
Solution Approach 2:
The clipboard acts as an intermediary layer between the user and the content management system. It decouples the copy and paste operations in time and space, allowing the accumulation phase to occur independently from the execution phase. This intermediary clipboard service maintains session control integrity while enabling cross-device accessibility, as it manages the batch operation state separately from individual application sessions.
3Productivity
If web-based systems use traditional folder navigation interfaces, then interface simplicity is maintained, but the number of steps to access and move content items increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the content selection and accumulation function from the traditional folder navigation interface. Instead of requiring users to navigate through folder hierarchies to select and move items, the clipboard provides a dedicated interface element that allows direct accumulation of content items from various locations without interfering with the existing folder structure or navigation requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The clipboard serves as an intermediary interface between the user and the content management system's folder structure. It provides a simplified batch operation interface that sits above the complex folder navigation hierarchy, allowing users to accumulate items from multiple locations and execute moves in a single action, thereby reducing the number of interface interactions required while preserving the underlying folder-based organization.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating and maintaining an intelligent, web-based digital content clipboard for viewing and performing batch actions on copied content items. In particular, based on a client device request to copy a content item from a web-based folder, the disclosed systems can generate and add an item reference for the copied content item to a batch action clipboard. The disclosed systems can perform batch actions on multiple digital content items together with a single web-based batch action. The disclosed systems can also intelligently provide a clipboard element for display that is selectable to view item references representing content items copied to the batch action clipboard, along with a set of available batch actions for performing on one or more of the copied content items.