Touch sensitive device with stylus-based grab and paste functionality

摘要

Techniques are disclosed for grabbing and pasting content using a stylus in communication with an electronic device. The grab function can be used to copy/cut content from the device to stylus memory. The paste function can be used to delete content from the stylus memory, or paste that content to the same or different device. The user can grab content to the stylus with a stylus action, which may include manipulating a stylus control feature or performing a particular stylus gesture. The content may then be deleted from the stylus memory or pasted to a device by performing another stylus action, which may be the same or distinct from the grab stylus action. Pasting the content from the stylus memory to an electronic device may also include removing the content from the stylus memory. An animation can be displayed as content is sucked into stylus, or pasted to new locations.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
an electronic device having a display for displaying content to a user and a touch sensitive surface for allowing user input; and a user interface executable on the device and comprising a grab mode that can be activated in response to a stylus action, wherein the grab mode is configured to save selected content from the device to a stylus memory, and to at least one of delete the selected content from the stylus memory and/or save the selected content from the stylus memory to a memory external to the stylus; wherein in response to accelerating the stylus away from the device, the grab mode is further is configured to delete the selected content from the stylus memory.