Method and system of copying data to a clipboard

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12045171-B2
Application number	US-202016831949-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2020
Priority date	Mar 27, 2020
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and system method for bulk copying data from a cell grid to a workspace memory, such as a clipboard. According to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, the method includes displaying, in a user interface, a plurality of cell rows and a plurality of cell columns arranged in a grid form, a user selecting a plurality of rows of cell entries by selecting a respective selector indicator of all rows to be copied, the selected plurality of rows including a subset of a total number of rows displayed and a noncontinuous group of sequential rows where at least one nonselected row is located and displayed between two selected rows; and displaying, in the user interface, a drop-down menu including a plurality of user selectable options, the user selectable options including a user selectable command to copy the plurality of selected rows and a common predetermined subset of the associated column entries to a workspace memory such as a clipboard.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An application user interface operatively associated with a computer device for bulk copying data from a cell grid to a workspace memory, the application user interface configured to perform a processor implemented method comprising:
displaying, in a user interface, a plurality of cell rows and a plurality of cell columns arranged in a grid form, the first row of cells including a plurality of cell column headings and each other row of cells including a common column row selector indicator cell and one or more other cells associated with one or more of the plurality of column headings, and a number of the plurality of cell columns each including a respective column selector indicator cell associated therewith;
a user, via the user interface, selecting a plurality of rows of cell entries by selecting a respective selector indicator of all rows to be copied, the selected plurality of rows including a subset of a total number of rows displayed and a noncontinuous group of sequential rows where at least one nonselected row is located and displayed between two selected rows and selecting a plurality of columns by selecting a respective column selector indicator of all columns to be copied, the selected plurality of columns including a subset of a total number of columns displayed and a noncontinuous group of sequential columns where at least one nonselected column is located and displayed between two selected columns; and
displaying in the user interface a drop-down menu including a plurality of user selectable options, the user selectable options including a user selectable command to copy the plurality of selected rows and the associated plurality of selected column entries to a workspace memory, the workspace memory configured to enable the user to copy the plurality of selected rows and the associated plurality of selected column entries into one or more of an application, a user file, an API (Application Programming Interface) and a program file.

2. The application user interface operatively associated with a computer device for bulk copying data from a cell grid to a workspace memory according to claim 1 , wherein the user selectable options include one or more of copy to clipboard, copy to archive, copy to chat message, and copy to document.

3. The application user interface operatively associated with a computer device for bulk copying data from a cell grid to a workspace memory according to claim 1 , wherein the method is operatively associated with a web-based system and the user interface is accessible via a web browser.

4. The application user interface operatively associated with a computer device for bulk copying data from a cell grid to a workspace memory according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cell rows are associated with a plurality of service ticket entries, and each service ticket entry including a row of cells including a common column entry ordered row selector indicator cell and one or more other column entry cells including a service ticket number, a company associated with the service ticket number, company contact, contact title, contract name and queue associated with the service ticket number.

5. The application user interface operatively associated with a computer device for bulk copying data from a cell grid to a workspace memory according to claim 1 , wherein the cell grid is one of a data table, a spreadsheet, a data form, and a data template.

6. The application user interface operatively associated with a computer device for bulk copying data from a cell grid to a workspace memory according to claim 1 , wherein the user selectable options include a plurality of copy to the workspace memory command options, the options associated with a plurality of unique subsets of the associated column entries.

7. A processor implemented method for bulk copying data from a cell grid to a clipboard, the method comprising:
a) displaying, in a user interface, a plurality of service ticket entries in the cell grid, the cell grid including a plurality of cell rows and plurality of cell columns arranged in a grid form, the first row of cells including a plurality of cell column headings and each other row of cells associated with a service ticket entry including a row of cells including a common column row selector indicator cell and one or more other cells associated with one or more of the plurality of column headings including a service ticket number, a company associated with the service ticket number, company contact, contact title, contract name and queue associated with the service ticket number, a number of the plurality of cell columns each including a respective column selector indicator cell associated therewith;
b) a user, via the user interface, selecting a plurality of rows of service ticket entries by selecting a respective selector indicator of all rows of service ticket entries to be copied, the selected plurality of rows including a subset of a total number of rows displayed and a noncontinuous group of sequential rows where at least one nonselected row is located and displayed between two selected rows and selecting a plurality of columns by selecting a respective column selector indicator of all columns to be copied, the selected plurality of columns including a subset of a total number of columns displayed and a noncontinuous group of sequential columns where at least one nonselected column is located and displayed between two selected columns; and
c) displaying, in the user interface, a drop-down menu including a plurality of user selectable options, the user selectable options including a user selectable command to copy the plurality of selected ticket numbers and of the associated plurality of selected column entries to a clipboard associated with a neutral storage space, the clipboard configured to enable the user to copy the plurality of selected ticket numbers and the associated plurality of selected column entries into one or more of an application, an API (Application Programming Interface), a user file and a program file.

8. The processor implemented method for bulk copying data from a cell grid to a clipboard according to claim 7 , wherein the user selectable options include one or more of copy to clipboard, copy to archive, copy to chat message, and copy to document.

9. The processor implemented method for bulk copying data from a cell grid to a clipboard according to claim 7 , wherein the method is operatively associated with a web-based system and the user interface is accessible via a web browser.

10. The processor implemented method for bulk copying data from a cell grid to a clipboard according to claim 7 , wherein the cell grid is one of a data table, a spreadsheet, a data form, and a data template.

11. The processor implemented method for bulk copying data from a cell grid to a clipboard according to claim 7 , wherein the user selectable options include a plurality of copy to the clipboard command options, the options associated with a plurality of unique subsets of the associated column entries.

12. A PSA (Professional Services Automation module) operatively associated with a computer device for bulk copying data from a cell grid to a clipboard, the PSA configured to perform a processor implemented method comprising:
a) displaying, in a user interface, a plurality of service ticket entries in the cell grid, the cell grid including a plurality of cell rows and plurality of cell columns arranged in a grid form, the first row of cells including a plurality of cell column headings and each other row associated with a service ticket entry including a row of cells including a common column row selector indicator cell and one

Assignees

• Datto Inc

Inventors

• Stewart Timothy Michael
• Sharma Hemant
• Winkler Jason Michael
• Stolzenbach Eric Compton

Classifications

• H04N1/00408

  Display of information to the user, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F9/541

  via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F2212/608

  Details relating to cache mapping · CPC title

• G06F9/543

  User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE] · CPC title