US 12,265,722 B2
Generating and maintaining a batch action clipboard for web-based platforms
Stanley Yeung, Walnut Creek, CA (US)
Assigned to Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/431,796.
Application 18/431,796 is a continuation of application No. 17/656,599, filed on Mar. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,893,262.
Prior Publication US 2024/0176530 A1, May 30, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/065 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
generating a web-based batch action clipboard that persists across multiple web browser interfaces and that stores content item references from different web-based folders at a temporary storage location;
receiving, from a first client device associated with a user account, a first copy request to copy a first content item from a first web-based folder provided for display in a first web browser interface associated with the first web-based folder;
in response to the first copy request, adding a first item reference corresponding to the first content item to a first clipboard element representing the web-based batch action clipboard;
based on receiving one or more navigation interactions from the first client device, providing a second web browser interface associated with a second web-based folder, wherein the second web browser interface is different from the first web browser interface;
receiving a second copy request from the first client device to copy a second content item from the second web-based folder provided for display in the second web browser interface;
in response to the second copy request, adding a second item reference corresponding to the second content item to the first clipboard element; and
executing an action on the first content item and the second content item based on receiving a user interaction with the first clipboard element.