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Associating an object with a relevant data source is disclosed. In some embodiments, an object pasted into a destination document is associated with a data source included in the destination document. In various embodiments, the data source associated with the object may comprise a data source concu

Associating an object with a relevant data source is disclosed. In some embodiments, an object pasted into a destination document is associated with a data source included in the destination document. In various embodiments, the data source associated with the object may comprise a data source concurrently pasted with the object into the destination document, a data source already existing in the destination document prior to the object being pasted into the destination document, or a data source generated in the destination document using data extracted from the pasted object.

대표청구항 ▼

What is claimed is: 1. A method for associating an object with a data source, comprising:receiving an indication of a selection of an option to paste in a first document an object or a copy of an object cut or copied from a second document;determining a data source identifier associated with the obj

What is claimed is: 1. A method for associating an object with a data source, comprising:receiving an indication of a selection of an option to paste in a first document an object or a copy of an object cut or copied from a second document;determining a data source identifier associated with the object; andassociating the object with a corresponding data source such that when the object is pasted into the first document the object is automatically associated with a data source included in the first document;wherein the data source with which the object is associated comprises:a data source having the data source identifier included in a current paste board that is concurrently pasted into the first document with the object if a data source having the data source identifier exists in the current paste board;an existing data source having the data source identifier included in the first document if a data source having the data source identifier does not exist in the current paste board and if a data source having the data source identifier exists in the first document; oran automatically generated new data source added to the first document that is populated with data extracted from the object if a data source having the data source identifier does not exist in the current paste board and if a data source having the data source identifier does not already exist in the first document.