Patent ID: 11934546
Assignee: OPENFIN INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. An apparatus comprising:
a memory to store a copy-paste clipboard; and
a processing device operatively coupled with the memory to:
generate alternative data from copied data from a first computer application;
add the alternative data to the copy-paste clipboard; and
detect an attempt by a user device to paste the copied data into a user interface, wherein the processing device is further to:
in response to the user interface being associated with a computer application from a predefined list of computer applications, paste the copied data into the user interface; and
in response to the user interface being not associated with the computer application from the predefined list of computer applications, paste the alternative data from the copy-paste clipboard into the user interface;

wherein the alternative data includes a token associated with the copied data and the processing device is further to:
add the token to the copy-paste clipboard instead of the copied data;
store the copied data in its original form, in the memory; and
associate the token with the copied data in the memory.