Method and apparatus for presenting clipboard contents on a mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016154686-A1
Application number	US-201615011741-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 1, 2016
Priority date	Aug 1, 2013
Publication date	Jun 2, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for presenting clipboard contents on a mobile terminal are provided herein. In an exemplary method, an input-method-control call-out request can be received. An input-method control including a clipboard function key can be displayed. The input-method control can include an input box. A triggering signal for triggering the clipboard function key can be received. A clipboard containing one or more copying items can be displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for presenting clipboard contents on a mobile terminal, comprising:
receiving an input-method-control call-out request; displaying an input-method control comprising a clipboard function key, the input-method control comprising an input box; receiving a triggering signal for triggering the clipboard function key; and displaying a clipboard containing one or more copying items.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein, after displaying the clipboard containing the one or more copying items, the method further comprises:
when the input box for inputting text is in an edit-activated state, and when a copying item on the clipboard receives a preset paste-triggering signal, pasting the copying item into the input box.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the input box comprises an input box on a webpage, or a text-edit input box.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein, after receiving the input-method-control call-out request, the method further comprises:
displaying the input-method control comprising an input-box function key; receiving a triggering signal for triggering the input-box function key; and enlarging the input box.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein, after displaying the clipboard containing the one or more copying items, the method further comprises:
when a copying item on the clipboard receives a preset delete-triggering signal:
deleting the copying item from the clipboard; and
re-displaying the clipboard.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein, after displaying the clipboard containing the one or more copying items, the method further comprises:
when the clipboard receives a preset clear-triggering signal:
deleting all of the one or more copying items on the clipboard; and
re-displaying the clipboard.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein, after displaying the clipboard containing the one or more copying items, the method further comprises:
when a copying request is received:
obtaining a copying item that is requested;
adding the copying item to the clipboard; and
re-displaying the clipboard.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein, before adding the copying item to the clipboard, the method further comprises:
determining whether the obtained copying item has a word count less than or equal to a preset length threshold; and when the obtained copying item has the word count less than or equal to the preset length threshold,
adding the copying item to the clipboard; and
re-displaying the clipboard.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the clipboard containing the one or more copying items comprises:
determining whether a number of the one or more copying items on the clipboard is greater than a preset display threshold; when the number of the one or more copying items on the clipboard is greater than the preset display threshold, displaying a set of copying items having a number of the copying items equal to the preset display threshold of the clipboard; and when the number of the one or more copying items on the clipboard is not greater than the preset display threshold, displaying all of the one or more copying items of the clipboard.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the clipboard containing the one or more copying items comprises:
sorting the one or more copying items on the clipboard in a reverse order according to a copying time of the one or more copying items to provide sorted copying items; determining whether a number of the one or more copying items on the clipboard is greater than a preset display threshold; when the number of the one or more copying items on the clipboard is greater than the preset display threshold, displaying a set of copying items selected from a beginning of the sorted copying items according to a latest copying time of the clipboard, a number of the copying items in the set of copying items being equal to the preset display threshold; and when the number of the one or more copying items on the clipboard is not greater than the preset display threshold, displaying all of the one or more copying items of the clipboard.

11 . An apparatus for presenting clipboard contents on a mobile terminal, comprising:
a request-receiving unit configured to receive an input-method-control call-out request; an input-method-control displaying unit configured to display an input-method control comprising a clipboard function key, the input-method control comprising an input box; and a clipboard-displaying unit configured to receive a triggering signal for triggering the clipboard function key and to display a clipboard containing one or more copying items.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the clipboard-displaying unit is further configured:
when the input box for inputting text is in an edit-activated state, and when a copying item on the clipboard receives a preset paste-triggering signal, to paste the copying item into the input box.

13 . The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the input box comprises an input box on a webpage, or a text-edit input box.

14 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the input-method control further comprises an input-box function key, and the input box is an enlarged input box when the input-box function key is triggered.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the clipboard-displaying unit is further configured to:
when a copying item on the clipboard receives a preset delete-triggering signal:
delete the copying item from the clipboard; and
re-display the clipboard.

16 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the clipboard-displaying unit is further configured to:
when the clipboard receives a preset clear-triggering signal:
delete all of the one or more copying items on the clipboard; and
re-display the clipboard.

17 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the clipboard-displaying unit is further configured to:
when a copying request is received:
obtain a copying item that is requested;
add the copying item to the clipboard; and
re-display the clipboard.

18 . The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the clipboard-displaying unit is further configured:
before adding the copying item to the clipboard, to determine whether the obtained copying item has a word count less than or equal to a preset length threshold; and when the obtained copying item has the word count less than or equal to the preset length threshold:
to add the copying item to the clipboard; and
to re-display the clipboard.

19 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the clipboard-displaying unit is further configured:
to determine whether a number of the one or more copying items on the clipboard is greater than a preset display threshold; when the number of the one or more copying items on the clipboard is greater than the preset display threshold, to display a set of copying items having a number of the copying items equal to the preset display threshold of the clipboard; and when the number of the one or more copying items on the clipboard is not greater than the preset display threshold, to display all of the one or more copying items of the clipboard.

20 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the clipboard-displaying unit is further configured:
to sort the one or more copying items on the clipboard in a reverse order according to a copyi

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Ying
• Hu Bo
• Tang Tingyong
• Wang Zhipei
• Zhou Ruiyi
• Wang Xi
• Zhang Kai
• Qing Xin
• Yang Huijiao
• Liu Yulei
• Li Wei
• Feng Cheng

Classifications

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

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

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F7/08

  Sorting, i.e. grouping record carriers in numerical or other ordered sequence according to the classification of at least some of the information they carry (by merging two or more sets of carriers in ordered sequence G06F7/16) · CPC title

• G06F40/166

  Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting · CPC title