System and method for content and information transfer between program entities

(54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT

AND INFORMATION TRANSFER BETWEEN
PROGRAM ENTITIES

(75) Inventors: Yen-Fu Chen, Austin, TX (US); John W. Dunsmoir, Round Rock, TX (US)

Correspondence Address:
IBM CORPORATION (RHF)
C/O ROBERT H. FRANTZ
P. O. BOX 23324

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73123 (US)

(73) Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)

(21) Appl. No.: 10/455,159

(22) Filed: Jun. 5, 2003

Publication Classification (51) Int. CI.7 G09G 5 00

Content is transferred from one computer resource to another computer resource by receiving a first insertion point or replacement area from a first user interface to a destination computer resource, receiving an enablement to perform automatic paste operation, switching to a user interface to a source computer resource, receiving a user selection of content from said source user interface, and automatically copying the selected content to a transfer buffer and to the designated insertion point(s) in the destination computer resource. Additional content may be copied to the destination computer resource by simply selecting additional content in the same source computer resource or other computer resources without need to toggle back to the destination user interface between every copy and paste operation.