Patent Document ID: 7870502
Application ID: 11754662

Base Claim:
1. A method for copying a portion of source content, comprising: receiving a selection that identifies a portion of source content to be copied, to provide an identified portion, wherein the source content is expressed by corresponding markup information; identifying markup information associated with the identified portion, to provide identified markup information; identifying style information associated with the identified portion, to provide identified style information, at least part of the identified style information not being directly demarcated by the identified portion; extracting the identified style information to retain the identified style information with the portion of source content to be copied; and storing the identified markup information and the identified style information in a store to enable reproduction of style characteristics defined by the identified style information when the portion of source content is pasted into a target content.

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Claim 14:
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the store is a clipboard store.