Data transfer using a network clipboard

摘要

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media provide for the transfer of data between electronic devices utilizing a network clipboard. According to various embodiments described herein, a clipboard application residing on a host device associated with a user transmits data from a local clipboard of the host device to a remote network clipboard via a network. A clipboard application associated with a target device associated with the user transmits a request for the data stored on the network clipboard. A copy of the data associated with the user is retrieved from the network clipboard and stored on a local clipboard of the target device. The data is then copied to a target application. This process results from a single network clipboard transaction that includes a cut or copy action on the host device and a paste action on the target device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, via a network and at a data management server comprising a processor, data from a first local clipboard of a host device, wherein the host device executes a first clipboard application that obtains the data from a document at the host device; determining, at the data management server, if the data is formatted for storage on a network clipboard comprising a data storage device in communication with the data management server; if the data is formatted for storage on the network clipboard, storing, by the data management server, the data on the network clipboard; receiving, at the data management server, a request for the data stored on the network clipboard, the request being received from a target device that executes a second clipboard application; and in response to the request,
retrieving a copy of the data from the network clipboard, andforwarding, via the network, the copy of the data to the target device, wherein the second clipboard application stores the data on a second local clipboard of the target device, wherein the data comprises an identifier associated with a user of the host device, and wherein the copy of the data is stored on the second local clipboard of the target device if the identifier associated with the user of the host device matches an identifier associated with a user of the target device.