Multi-path Copying Pasting Mobile Terminal Clipboard Lists
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing copying and pasting method on mobile terminals is complex, time-consuming, and laborious, requiring users to repeatedly switch between files when copying and pasting content across multiple applications.
Innovation Solution
A multi-path copying and pasting method that utilizes a pasting source list for storing to-be-pasted contents and a pasting destination list for target files, allowing users to select and paste contents directly from one list to another without needing to repeatedly switch files, by detecting user selection operations and providing prompt boxes for adding contents to these lists.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the conventional copying and pasting method is used where content is copied from one file and pasted to another file by repeatedly switching between files, then the copying and pasting function can be implemented, but the operation becomes complex, time-consuming and laborious
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a clipboard as an intermediary component that temporarily stores copied content. This clipboard acts as a mediator between the source file and target file, allowing users to paste content without repeatedly switching between files. The clipboard buffer holds the copied data structure including text content and formatting information, enabling efficient transfer to multiple target files.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a copy of the content data structure and stores it in the clipboard buffer rather than maintaining direct references to the original file. This copying mechanism allows the same content to be pasted into multiple different target files without needing to repeatedly access the source file, significantly reducing the time and complexity of multi-location pasting operations.
2Productivity
If the conventional copying and pasting method is used requiring repeated file switching, then content can be transferred between files, but the operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The clipboard serves as an intermediary that simplifies the complexity of file switching operations. Instead of requiring users to manually switch between source and target files multiple times, the clipboard intermediary holds the copied content and allows rapid pasting into any number of target files, thereby reducing operational complexity while maintaining or improving productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by copying the content data structure to the clipboard buffer before the user needs to paste it. This advance preparation stores the content in an easily accessible location with all necessary formatting and structural information, so when the user needs to paste, the content is already ready and requires no additional retrieval operations from the source file.
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AI summary
The multi-path copying and pasting method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: detecting a selection operation made on a to-be-copied content in a first file; outputting a first prompt box in accordance with the selection operation, a first option indicating the addition of the to-be-copied content into a pasting source list and a second option indicating the addition of the to-be-copied content into a target file in a pasting destination list being included in the first prompt box; receiving a first selection operation made on at least one of the first option and the second option; and in response to the first selection operation, adding the to-be-copied content into the pasting source list as a to-be-pasted content, and/or pasting the to-be-copied content to the selected target file.