Clipboard augmentation with references

Abstract

Systems, methods, and data structures for augmenting data placed on the clipboard with additional data are disclosed. Where the data placed on the clipboard may include one or more references to other information, such systems, methods, or data structures may retrieve data referred to by a reference and place such data, or data associated with the retrieved data, on the clipboard.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 receiving a notification that data comprising a reference has been placed on a clipboard;   adding supplemental data to the clipboard using the reference, the reference referencing a feed, the supplemental data comprising content of the feed; and   adding second supplemental data to the clipboard using a second reference within the supplemental data, the second supplemental data comprising content of a second feed.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , at least one of the feed or the second feed comprising at least one of a Really Simple Syndication feed, an Atom feed or another feed. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , the reference comprising a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , the second reference comprising a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , the data associated with a format comprising one or more of:
 a structured data item;   a feed data item; or   a presentation data item.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , the reference comprising at least one of a local file system path, a networked file system path or a memory location. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , at least one of the supplemental data or the second supplemental data external to a source from which the data originated. 
     
     
         8 . A system, comprising:
 one or more processing units; and   memory comprising instructions that when executed by at least one of the one or more processing units, perform a method comprising:
 receiving a notification that data comprising a reference has been placed on a clipboard; 
 adding supplemental data to the clipboard using the reference, the reference referencing a feed, the supplemental data comprising content of the feed; and 
 adding second supplemental data to the clipboard using a second reference within the supplemental data, the second supplemental data comprising content of a second feed. 
   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , at least one of the feed or the second feed comprising at least one of a Really Simple Syndication feed, an Atom feed or another feed. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , the reference comprising a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , the second reference comprising a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 8 , the data associated with a format comprising one or more of:
 a structured data item;   a feed data item; or   a presentation data item.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 8 , the reference comprising at least one of a local file system path, a networked file system path or a memory location. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 8 , at least one of the supplemental data or the second supplemental data external to a source from which the data originated. 
     
     
         15 . A computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed perform a method, comprising:
 receiving a notification that data comprising a reference has been placed on a clipboard;   adding additional data to the clipboard using the reference, the reference referencing a feed, the additional data comprising content of the feed; and   adding second additional data to the clipboard using a second reference within the additional data, the second additional data comprising content of a second feed.   
     
     
         16 . The computer readable medium of  claim 15 , at least one of the feed or the second feed comprising at least one of a Really Simple Syndication feed, an Atom feed or another feed. 
     
     
         17 . The computer readable medium of  claim 15 , the reference comprising a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). 
     
     
         18 . The computer readable medium of  claim 15 , the second reference comprising a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). 
     
     
         19 . The computer readable medium of  claim 15 , the data associated with a format comprising one or more of:
 a structured data item;   a feed data item; or   a presentation data item.   
     
     
         20 . The computer readable medium of  claim 15 , the reference comprising at least one of a local file system path, a networked file system path or a memory location.