Patent ID: 8832577

Claim:
A method of operating a multi-screen device, comprising: receiving a first input corresponding to an instruction to copy_a first selected content from a first application; copying the first selected content; executing a universal clipboard application: displaying a universal clipboard associated with the universal clipboard application on a second screen of the multi-screen device; rendering a display of a first item with the universal clipboard application, the first item corresponding to the first selected content, wherein the universal clipboard is configured to store two or more items of copied content from a plurality of applications, wherein the first item has a first format and a second item has a second format; receiving, on the second screen of the multi-screen device, a second input corresponding to a selection of the first item from the universal clipboard; receiving a third input to paste the first item in a second application that is different from the first application; and pasting the first selected content to the second application on a first screen of the multi-screen device.