Patent ID: 8504931
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to facilitate drag and drop operations in a graphic user interface, the computer readable program code configured to cause one or more computing devices to: detect the start of a drag operation at a first location of the graphic user interface; attach material in a first format at the first location to be dragged to a second location of the graphic user interface; detect an indication of a hover over at the second location of the graphic user interface; determine a second format required at the second location of the graphic user interface; determine if a conversion path exists from the first format to the second format; and if a conversion path is determined to exist, upon detecting an indication of a drop operation at the second location of the graphic user interface: query a database by performing a lookup using at least some of the material in the first format,