US 6,983,328 B2
Trusted internet clipboard
Gabe Beged-Dov, Corvallis, Oreg. (US); Stephen A Loughran, Corvallis, Oreg. (US); Derek Roller, Corvallis, Oreg. (US); and James R. Miller, Corvallis, Oreg. (US)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US)
Filed on May 18, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/860,990.
Prior Publication US 2002/0174241 A1, Nov. 21, 2002
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 709—230 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An Internet clipboard method for loosely coupling web services by intercepting resource download and upload actions for a user in web interfaces to streamline information transfer from a source web service to a destination web service, comprising the steps of:
intercepting a user's request on the user's computer with a local Internet clipboard proxy;
specifying, by the user, a dummy resource to the destination web service, wherein the dummy resource is not actually a resource transferred and is configured to be any resource accessible by the user and recognizable by the local Internet clipboard proxy as not actually a resource from transfer dialogue of the destination web service;
capturing information retrieved for the request; and
re-playing the information on an Internet clipboard server to facilitate trusted and secure transfer of the resource directly from the source web service to the destination web service without having the resource to be intermediately transferred to and from a client computer of the user.