Patent ID: 8782545
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A clip book system for storing multiple clipboards, which store multiple clip items of data in a local memory, the clip book system comprising: an OS communicating unit for communicating with an operating system which controls temporal buffering of each clip item in a buffer, for requesting the operating system to notify when a clip item of data is placed into the buffer and receiving notifications from the operating system; a data entry controller for, in response to each notification, copying each clip item of data from the buffer into a selected section of the local memory, and allowing formation of one or more groups of clip items, each group containing one or more clip items of data stored in one or more sections of the local memory; an information adder for allowing a user, for the copied clip item of data, to define item information and group information, the item information being a name, description or key word capable of identifying the copied clip item of data, the group information being capable of identifying a group to which the copied clip item belongs, and for adding the item information and the group information to the copied clip item of data in the local memory; a searching user interface for receiving search criteria input by a clip item user, the search criteria including item information of one or more desired clip items of data that the clip item user desires to receive, and for presenting a search result to the clip item user; and a searching unit for searching the groups of clip items for one or more desired clip items of data based on the item information of the copied clip items in the local memory and the search criteria received from the clip item user through the searching user interface, and returning the search result to the searching user interface for presenting the search result to the clip item user.