Patent ID: 9069432
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processor executing an operating system of a computer system, a plurality of copy commands issued by a user of the computer system at various time intervals to copy corresponding data items, the data items originating from a plurality of source applications executing in the computer system; storing, by the processor executing the operating system, the data items in a buffer, the data items remaining in the buffer after the plurality of source applications are no longer executing; receiving a first iterate command, wherein the first iterate command is a shortcut command of the operating system comprising a combination of key inputs; iterating from an initial data item to a next data item of the data items in the buffer in response to the first iterate command; displaying the next data item when the first iterate command is received; receiving, by the processor executing the operating system, a paste command issued by the user and an indication of the one of the data items in the buffer; and pasting, by the processor executing the operating system, the indicated data item into a target application executing in an active window.