A method and apparatus for manipulation of data in a computer-controlled display system. A user may select data from a first application program and drag it to an area on the computer system display representing a third application program. The first application program creates a series of formats into...http://www.google.de/patents/US6061058?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6061058 - Method and apparatus for transferring data by type according to data types available