Patent ID: 6735347
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor; a program residing in the memory, said program providing a user interface, a text extractor, a pasting agent, and an image editor, wherein the text extractor determines textual content within a copied image, wherein the pasting agent provides an automatic extraction of the textual content from the copied image, and pastes the textual content when a destination document is limited to text only, wherein the image editor provides the ability to edit portions of the copied image, where textual content exists such that the textual content is automatically removed from the copied image and automatically drawn over an area from which the textual content had been removed with a pattern that matches a region surrounding said area, and wherein the pasting agent provides the ability to paste the edited image when a paste without text operation is performed.