	US 7,596,758 B2
	Method of appending a group of files to files on a clipboard of a desktop
Neal Richard Marion, Georgetown, Tex. (US); and George F. Ramsay, III, Cedar Park, Tex. (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Apr. 03, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/406,653.
Prior Publication US 2004/0207660 A1, Oct. 21, 2004
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 715—770 [715/843; 715/841]

2 Claims

1. A method of copying files onto a clipboard of a desktop comprising:

selecting at least one file to copy onto the clipboard;

determining, in response to selecting the at least one file to copy onto the clipboard, whether there is at least one file already copied onto the clipboard;

displaying in a first pop-up window having a first option and a second option in response to determining that there is at least one file already copied onto the clipboard, the first option allowing the at least one selected file to be appended to the at least one file already copied onto the clipboard, the second option allowing the at least one selected file to replace the at least one file already copied onto the clipboard;

displaying a second pop-up window, in response to determining that there is not at least one file already copied onto the clipboard, the second pop-up window having a third option to allow the selected file to be copied onto the clipboard;

enabling a user to assert the first option to append the at least one selected file to the file already copied onto the clipboard or the second option to allow the at least one selected file to replace the at least one file already copied on the clipboard when it is determined that there is at least one file already copied onto the clipboard or the third option to copy the at least one selected file onto the clipboard when it is determined that there is not at least one file already copied onto the clipboard; and

appending the at least one selected file to the file already copied onto the clipboard in response to the user asserting the first option, replacing the at least one file already copied onto the clipboard with the at least one selected file in response to the user asserting the second option, copying the at least one selected file onto the clipboard in response to the user asserting the third option.