WO2022156587A1

WO2022156587A1 - Artificial intelligence based cut copy paste

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Publication number: WO2022156587A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/071727
Authority: WO
Inventors: Amit Srivastava; Muralidhar Shivanapura Rajarao
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2021-01-25
Filing date: 2022-01-13
Publication date: 2022-07-28
Also published as: CN116830558A

Abstract

A method (600) and a system (500) for dissemination of objects from a first network device to a second network device of a network are disclosed. The conventional technology only focuses on copying the object from one device to the same device only and there is no provision to allow a user to cut or copy data from one device and paste said data onto a different device. Thus, there is a need for dissemination of data between two different devices, i.e., to cut or copy data, such as image or part of an image or object from an image from one device and paste on to any other device within the network. The method (600) comprises: sending (S601) an image comprising at least one object to a server; extracting (S602) the at least one object from the image received from the first network device; and sending (S603) the at least one object extracted from the image to second network device.

Description

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED CUT COPY PASTE

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present subject matter described herein, in general, relates to improved tools for acquisition, transfer, and replication of data, and more particularly, it relates to a method, and a system for dissemination of data between two devices.

BACKGROUND

In human-computer interaction and user interface design, cut, copy, and paste are related commands that offer an inter-process communication technique for transferring data through a computer's user interface. The “cut” command removes the selected data from its original position, while the “copy” command creates a duplicate; in both cases the selected data is kept in temporary storage, and the “paste” command visibly inserts the selected data at the insertion point. The data from this temporary storage is later inserted wherever a paste command is issued. The data remains available to any application supporting the feature, thus allowing easy data transfer between applications.

A user selects or "highlights" the text or file for moving by some method, typically by dragging over the text or file name with the pointing-device or holding down the Shift key while using the arrow keys to move the text cursor. Terms like cloning, copy forward, carry forward, or re-use refer to the dissemination of such information through documents. The command names such as cut, copy, and paste are an interface metaphor based on the physical procedure used in manuscript editing to create a page layout.

The conventional computer-based editing involves very frequent use of cut-and-paste operations. Most software-suppliers provide several methods for performing such tasks, and this can involve, for example, key combinations, pull down menus, pop-up menus, or toolbar buttons. Conceptually, the data that is cut or copied is moved to a temporary location commonly referred to as the clipboard. The clipboard typically remains invisible.

Thus, a drawback associated with the conventional cut copy paste operation used for ages usually involves data (such as but not limited to image or text or multimedia content/files) being cut or copied from one document/location of a device can only be pasted on to the same or different document/location of the same device. Thus, the cut copy paste operation is device specific or restricted to the device whose data or file is being cut or copied. They do not allow a user to cut or copy data from one device and paste said data onto a different device.

Accordingly, there is a need for dissemination/replication of data between two devices, i.e., the ability to cut or copy data, such as but not limited to an image or a part of an image or an object from an image from one device and paste said image or part of said image or object from said image on to any other device within a network in real-time.

The above-described need for real time dissemination/replication of data between two devices is merely intended to provide an overview of some of the shortcomings of conventional systems /mechanism /techniques, and is not intended to be exhaustive. Other problems/shortcomings with conventional systems/mechanism/techniques and corresponding benefits of the various non-limiting embodiments described herein may become further apparent upon review of the following description.

SUMMARY

This summary is provided to introduce concepts related to a method, and a system for dissemination of objects from a first network device to a second network device in real time, and the same are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify essential features of the claimed subject matter nor is it intended for use in determining or limiting the scope of the claimed subject matter.

An objective of the present invention is to provide dissemination/replication of data between two devices.

Another objective of the present invention is to cut or copy data (e.g. image or part of image or object from an image) from one device and paste the same on to another device in real-time.

In particular, the present invention discloses a method and a system for dissemination of objects from a first network device to a second network device, in real time to in order to overcome the drawbacks associated with the prior arts.

According to first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for dissemination of data between network devices of a network. The method comprising the steps of: sending, by a first network device, an image comprising at least one object to a AICutPaste server; extracting, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object from the image received from the first network device; sending, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object extracted from the image to the first network device; and sending, by the first network device, the at least one object extracted from the image or the image to a second application of a second network device.

In a first possible implementation of the method according to the first aspect, where before sending, by the first network device, the image comprising at least one object to the AICutPaste server, the method further comprises the step of: capturing, by a first application of the first network device, the image comprising the at least one object.

In a second possible implementation of the method according to the first aspect, where extracting, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object from the image received from the first network device further comprises the steps of: sending, by the first application of the first network device, a request to extract the at least one object from the image to the AICutPaste server; identifying, by the AICutPaste server, at least one object within the image; and segmenting and extracting, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object from the image.

In a third possible implementation of the method according to the first aspect, further comprising the step of: sending, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object extracted from the image to the first application of the first network device.

In a fourth possible implementation of the method according to the first aspect, where sending, by the first network device, the at least one object extracted from the image to a second application of a second network device further comprises the steps of: sending, by the first network device, the at least one object extracted from the image to a web server; and sending, by the web server, the at least one object extracted from the image to the second application of the second network device.

In a fifth possible implementation of the method according to the first aspect, where sending, by the first network device, the image to a second application of a second network device, further comprises the steps of: focussing, by the first application of the first network device, on to the screen of the second application of the second network device; generating, by the first application of the first network device, a preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device; pasting, by the first application of the first network device, the at least one object extracted from the image on to the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device; sending, by the first network device, the image of the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device having the at least one object pasted thereon to a web server; and sending, by the web server, the image of the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device having the at least one object pasted thereon to the second application of the second network device.

In a sixth possible implementation of the method according to the first aspect, where the first network device is an image capturing device and the second network device is a user device; and where the first application is an application to capture images and the second application is an application to edit images.

According to second aspect of the invention, there is provided a system for dissemination of data between network devices of a network. The system comprises a first network device, a second network device, and a web server. The first network device comprising: a first application, and an AICutPaste server. The second network device comprising: a second application. The first network device is configured to send an image comprising at least one object to the AICutPaste server; the AICutPaste server is configured to extract the at least one object from the image received from the first network device; the AICutPaste server is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image to the first network device; and the first network device is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image or the image to the second application of the second network device.

In a first possible implementation of the system according to the second aspect, the first application of the first network device is configured to capture the image comprising the at least one object.

In a second possible implementation of the system according to the second aspect, the first application of the first network device is configured to send a request to extract the at least one object from the image to the AICutPaste server; the AICutPaste server is configured to identify at least one object within the image; and the AICutPaste server is configured to segment and extract the at least one object from the image.

In a third possible implementation of the system according to the second aspect, the AICutPaste server is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image to the first application of the first network device.

In a fourth possible implementation of the system according to the second aspect, the first network device is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image to a web server; and the web server is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image to the second application of the second network device.

In a fifth possible implementation of the system according to the second aspect, the first application of the first network device is configured to focus on to the screen of the second application of the second network device; the first application of the first network device is configured to generate a preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device; the first application of the first network device is configured to paste the at least one object extracted from the image on to the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device; the first network device is configured to send the image of the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device having the at least one object pasted thereon to a web server; and the web server is configured to send the image of the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device having the at least one object pasted thereon to the second application of the second network device.

In a sixth possible implementation of the system according to the second aspect, the first network device is an image capturing device and the second network device is a user device; and the first application is an application to capture images and the second application is an application to edit images.

According to third aspect of the invention, there is provided a computer readable storage medium for dissemination of data between network devices of a network. The computer readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program runs on a processor, the processor performs the method as described in the first aspect of the invention.

Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses exemplary embodiments of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS

The detailed description is described with reference to the accompanying figures. In the figures, the digit (s) of a reference number identifies the figure in which the reference number first appears. The same numbers are used throughout the drawings to refer like features and components.

Figure 1 illustrates a block-diagram for segmenting the captured image into separable focusable objects and send the output to photo editor, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 illustrates a block-diagram for segmenting the captured image into separable focusable objects and sending the output to screen of another device pointed by device-1, in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 3 illustrates a block diagram for an AI system where a AICutPaste server is the proxy interfacing the AI Web server and photo editor, in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 4 illustrates a sequence diagram of AI based copy-paste solution, in which the user captures images focusing the bottle object, which is segmented and sent to photo-editor in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 5 illustrates a block diagram of the system for dissemination of data between two devices, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 illustrates flow-chart of the method for dissemination of data between two devices, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

It is to be understood that the attached drawings are for purposes of illustrating the concepts of the invention and may not be to scale.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

The following clearly describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely a part rather than all of the embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The present invention can be implemented in numerous ways, as a process, an apparatus, a system, a composition of matter, a computer readable medium such as a computer readable storage medium or a computer network wherein program instructions are sent over optical or electronic communication links. In this specification, these implementations, or any other form that the invention may take, may be referred to as techniques. In general, the order of the steps of disclosed processes may be altered within the scope of the invention.

A detailed description of one or more embodiments of the invention is provided below along with accompanying figures that illustrate the principles of the invention. The invention is described in connection with such embodiments, but the invention is not limited to any embodiment. The scope of the invention is limited only by the claims and the invention encompasses numerous alternatives, modifications, and equivalents. Numerous specific details are set forth in the following description in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. These details are provided for the purpose of example and the invention may be practiced according to the claims without some or all of these specific details. For the purpose of clarity, technical material that is known in the technical fields related to the invention has not been described in detail so that the invention is not unnecessarily obscured.

In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, and components, modules, units and/or circuits have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the invention.

Although embodiments of the invention are not limited in this regard, discussions utilizing terms such as, for example, “processing, ” “computing, ” “calculating, ” “determining, ” “establishing” , “analyzing” , “checking” , or the like, may refer to operation (s) and/or process (es) of a computer, a computing platform, a computing system, or other electronic computing device, that manipulates and/or transforms data represented as physical (e.g., electronic) quantities within the computer's registers and/or memories into other data similarly represented as physical quantities within the computer's registers and/or memories or other information non-transitory storage medium that may store instructions to perform operations and/or processes.

Although embodiments of the invention are not limited in this regard, the terms “plurality” and “a plurality” as used herein may include, for example, “multiple” or “two or more” . The terms “plurality” or “a plurality” may be used throughout the specification to describe two or more components, devices, elements, units, parameters, or the like. Unless explicitly stated, the method embodiments described herein are not constrained to a particular order or sequence. Additionally, some of the described method embodiments or elements thereof can occur or be performed simultaneously, at the same point in time, or concurrently.

In the present invention, “cut” refers to cut command which removes selected data from its original position and stores it in a temporary storage location commonly known as clipboard. This is performed via key combination Ctrl+x (

for Macintosh users) , menu, or by other means.

In the present invention, “copy” refers to copy command which creates a duplicate of the selected data and stores it in a temporary storage location commonly known as clipboard. This is performed via key combination Ctrl+c (

for Macintosh users) , menu, or by other means.

In the present invention, “paste” refers to paste command which visibly inserts the selected data stored in the temporary storage at the insertion point. This is performed via key combination Ctrl+v (

for Macintosh users) , menu, or by other means.

In the present invention, “clipboard” refers to a buffer for short-term storage and transfer of data within and between application programs. It is usually temporary and unnamed, and its contents reside in the computer's RAM. It is the application programming interface by which programs can specify cut, copy and paste operations.

A method and a system for dissemination of objects from a first network device to a second network device are disclosed. While aspects are described for replication of data between two user devices, the present invention may be implemented in any number of different computing systems, environments, and/or configurations, the embodiments are described in the context of the following exemplary systems, devices/nodes/apparatus, and methods.

Henceforth, embodiments of the present disclosure are explained with the help of exemplary diagrams and one or more examples. However, such exemplary diagrams and examples are provided for the illustration purpose for better understanding of the present disclosure and should not be construed as limitation on scope of the present disclosure.

The problem associated with the conventional cut copy paste operation is that the data (such as but not limited to image or text or multimedia content/files) that is cut or copied from one document/location of a device can only be pasted on to the same or different document/location of the same device, rendering the cut copy paste operation to be device specific or restricted to the device whose data or file is being cut or copied. Thus, the conventional technology only focuses on copying the object from one device to the same device only. There is no provision to allow a user to cut or copy data from one device and paste said data onto a different device. This use case is very limited and does not solve the problem of cut/copy an image from one place and send the object to another device.

Accordingly, there is a need for dissemination/replication of data between two devices, i.e., the ability to cut or copy data, such as but not limited to an image or a part of an image or an object from an image from one device and paste said image or part of said image or object from said image on to any other device within a network. For example, using a smart device camera to take any image, selecting a particular object within the image, and sending the same object to any other device. The other device will not only be able to receive the object, but also be able to paste the image on any photo editor. The present invention solves this problem by utilizing Artificial Intelligence to ensure that the particular object is selectable and can be transferred from one device to another device in real-time.

Figure 1 illustrates an example where image is captured using a user device (Device-1) such as but not limited to the camera of a Smartphone. The captured image is sent to AICutPaste Server (which can run on cloud or local) , which is segmented using an AI algorithm into multiple-objects like bottle, camera, table etc. The segmented multiple objects are sent back to the user device (Device-1) . User can select one or more objects to paste onto Device-2, for which the user can touch the desired object (s) and sends it to an AI Web service. The photo-editor running in receiving (other) device (Device-2) listens on a particular port that is configurable. The AI Web service sends the object from Device-1 to Device-2. In case multiple devices is listening on that port, then the object is sent to all devices listening on that port. Significantly, which port and how to configure said port are not part of the present invention.

Figure 2 illustrates an example where image is captured using a user device (Device-1) such as the camera of a Smartphone. The captured image is sent to AICutPaste Server (which can run on cloud or local) , which is segmented using the AI algorithm into multiple-objects like bottle, camera, table etc. The segmented multiple objects are sent back to the user device (Device-1) . User focuses the smartphone camera towards the Device-2 screen. The preview application in Device-1 shows the interface of the photo editor, and user pastes the targeted segmented object in suitable position in preview to generate a new image which is the sent to the Device-2 via AI web service on a listening port.

The model to predict the object and extract the objects separately from the input image is an existing technology. This model utilizes prediction and extraction methods for segmentation. It is a boundary aware salient detection model for prediction and segmentation and works in two steps. In the first step the AI model detects the object, and in the second step, the AI model segments the input image and extracts object/objects using the boundary of the object. This extracted object is then used either for the cut operation (to remove from input image and create output image without this object) , or copy operation in which the extracted object alone is transferred back as a new image to the screen. This model is implemented in the AICutPaste server of the present invention.

Figure 3 illustrates a block diagram of the present invention. The AICutPaste server consists of an AI based segmentation solution, described above, to segment an input image into multiple objects and sends back the segmented objects for the user device. The AICutPaste server can either be locally deployed or be on the Cloud. The AI Web service acts as a proxy to route the user selected image (from a cut operation) onto the devices listening on a particular port running the photo editor. An application running in the smart device will use the camera to take the image, once the image is taken, the image will be sent to the AICutPaste Server running in background in the same smart device or in cloud. The AICutPaste Server segments the input image into multiple objects and sends back the segmented image to the source device. The user selects the object to be pasted on the target device, and sends the image along with the co-ordinates to be pasted via the AI Webservice. Also, user can point the smart device to the display screen of target device, and capture the preview of the target device. Upon which the user can position desired segmented object and share the new image to the target device.

Figure 4 illustrates a timing diagram of how dissemination or replication of data in real time occurs between two devices. The process flow involves the following steps: Step 401: The application running on the smart device will send a captured image to the AICutPaste Server; Step 402: The AICutPaste Server will identify objects in input image and segments the objects into separate images; Step 403: The AICutPaste Server sends the segmented objects to the source device; Step 404: User can focus the camera of device-1 onto the device-2 (target device) screen and select the location to paste the selected image from the segmented objects; Step 405: Smart application sends the selected image/images along with the paste position to the AI Web service; Step 406: The AI Web Service routes the data (image and paste position) to all the application in target devices listening to the AI Web service on a particular predefined port.

Figure 5 illustrates a block diagram of the system (500) for dissemination of data between two devices, in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention. The system (500) comprising: a first network device (501) , a second network device (502) , and a web server (503) . The first network device (501) comprising: a first application (5011) , and an AICutPaste server (5012) . The second network device (502) comprising: a second application (5021) . The first network device (501) is configured to send an image comprising at least one object to the AICutPaste server (5012) ; the AICutPaste server (5012) is configured to extract the at least one object from the image received from the first network device (501) ; the AICutPaste server (5012) is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image to the first network device (501) ; and the first network device (501) is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image or the image to the second application (5021) of the second network device (502) .

Further, the first application (5011) of the first network device (501) is configured to capture the image comprising the at least one object. The first application (5011) of the first network device (501) is configured to send a request to extract the at least one object from the image to the AICutPaste server (5012) ; the AICutPaste server (5012) is configured to identify at least one object within the image; and the AICutPaste server (5012) is configured to segment and extract the at least one object from the image. The AICutPaste server (5012) is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image to the first application (5011) of the first network device (501) . The first network device (501) is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image to a web server (503) ; and the web server (503) is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image to the second application (5021) of the second network device (502) .

Still further, the first application (5011) of the first network device (501) is configured to focus on to the screen of the second application (5021) of the second network device (502) ; the first application (5011) of the first network device (501) is configured to generate a preview of the screen of the second application (5021) of the second network device (502) ; the first application (5011) of the first network device (501) is configured to paste the at least one object extracted from the image on to the preview of the screen of the second application (5021) of the second network device (502) ; the first network device (501) is configured to send the image of the preview of the screen of the second application (5021) of the second network device (502) having the at least one object pasted thereon to a web server (503) ; and the web server (503) is configured to send the image of the preview of the screen of the second application (5021) of the second network device (502) having the at least one object pasted thereon to the second application (5021) of the second network device (502) .

Figure 6 illustrates a flow-chart of the method (600) for dissemination of data between two devices, in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention. The method (600) comprises the following steps: Step 601: sending, by a first network device, an image comprising at least one object to a AICutPaste server; Step 602: extracting, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object from the image received from the first network device; Step 603: sending, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object extracted from the image to the first network device; and Step 604: sending, by the first network device, the at least one object extracted from the image or the image to a second application of a second network device.

In this method, before sending, by the first network device, the image comprising at least one object to the AICutPaste server, the method further comprises the steps of: capturing, by a first application of the first network device, the image comprising the at least one object.

In this method, extracting, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object from the image received from the first network device, the method further comprises the steps of: sending, by the first application of the first network device, a request to extract the at least one object from the image to the AICutPaste server; identifying, by the AICutPaste server, at least one object within the image; and segmenting and extracting, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object from the image.

In this method, after extracting, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object from the image received from the first network device, the method further comprises the step of: sending, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object extracted from the image to the first application of the first network device.

In this method, sending, by the first network device, the at least one object extracted from the image to a second application of a second network device further comprises the steps of: sending, by the first network device, the at least one object extracted from the image to a web server; and sending, by the web server, the at least one object extracted from the image to the second application of the second network device.

In this method, sending, by the first network device, the image to a second application of a second network device, further comprises the steps of: focussing, by the first application of the first network device, on to the screen of the second application of the second network device; generating, by the first application of the first network device, a preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device; pasting, by the first application of the first network device, the at least one object extracted from the image on to the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device; sending, by the first network device, the image of the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device having the at least one object pasted thereon to a web server; and sending, by the web server, the image of the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device having the at least one object pasted thereon to the second application of the second network device.

The first network device is any image capturing device such as but not limited to a mobile terminal, a tablet, a camera, a DLSR and the like; and while the second network device is any user device such as but not limited to a mobile terminal, a tablet, a laptop, a smart TV, a wearable device and the like. The first application can be any application that enables a user device to capture images while the second application can be any application that enables a user to edit images such as but not limited to Adobe Photoshop, Paintshop, Adobe Illustrator, Polarr and the like.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program runs on a processor, the processor performs the method as described in steps 601 to 604 of Figure 6.

Further, a computer readable medium, comprising a computer program, which when executed by a computer, causing the computer to carry out the method steps is disclosed in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention also discloses a computer readable medium, comprising a computer program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to carry out the method for dissemination of data between two devices as described hereinabove.

The present invention finds its application in the field of augmented reality, photo-editing and the like. The technical effect offered by the present invention is that it allows a user to cut or copy data, such as but not limited to an image or a part of an image or an object from an image from one user device and paste said image or part of said image or object from said image on to another user device in real time.

Some of the non-limiting advantages and future implementations of the present invention are indicated hereinbelow: It can be further enhanced and incorporated into shopping sites, with which an object captured can be sent for search directly in shopping sites like Amazon, Flipkart etc.; It can be expanded to AR of capturing the information and getting the details of the object captured from device; Its scope can be extended to food or menu selections and orders; and It can be extended to processing of food industry to validate the food contents by capturing the food image.

A person skilled in the art may understand that any known or new algorithms be used for the implementation of the present invention. However, it is to be noted that, the present invention provides a method, and a system for dissemination of objects from a first network device to a second network device to achieve the above mentioned benefits and technical advancement irrespective of using any known or new algorithms.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that in combination with the examples described in the embodiments disclosed in this specification, units and algorithm steps may be implemented by electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether the functions are performed by hardware or software depends on the particular applications and design constraint conditions of the technical solution. A person skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each particular application, but it should not be considered that the implementation goes beyond the scope of the present invention.

It may be clearly understood by a person skilled in the art that for the purpose of convenient and brief description, for a detailed working process of the foregoing system, apparatus, and unit, reference may be made to a corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiments, and details are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus, method or system may be implemented in other manners. For example, the described apparatus embodiment is merely exemplary. For example, the unit division is merely logical function division and may be other division in actual implementation. For example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutual couplings or direct couplings or communication connections may be implemented through some interfaces. The indirect couplings or communication connections between the apparatuses or units may be implemented in electronic, mechanical, or other forms.

When the functions are implemented in a form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, the functions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention essentially, or the part contributing to the prior art, or a part of the technical solutions may be implemented in a form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions for instructing a computer node (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network node) to perform all or a part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiment of the present invention. The foregoing storage medium includes: any medium that can store program code, such as a USB flash drive, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM) , a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM) , a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

Devices that are in communication with each other need not be in continuous communication with each other, unless expressly specified otherwise. In addition, devices that are in communication with each other may communicate directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries.

When a single device or article is described herein, it will be readily apparent that more than one device/article (whether or not they cooperate) may be used in place of a single device/article. Similarly, where more than one device or article is described herein (whether or not they cooperate) , it will be readily apparent that a single device/article may be used in place of the more than one device or article or a different number of devices/articles may be used instead of the shown number of devices or programs. The functionality and/or the features of a device may be alternatively embodied by one or more other devices which are not explicitly described as having such functionality/features. Thus, other embodiments of the invention need not include the device itself.

Finally, the language used in the specification has been principally selected for readability and instructional purposes, and it may not have been selected to delineate or circumscribe the inventive subject matter. It is therefore intended that the scope of the invention be limited not by this detailed description, but rather by any claims that issue on an application based here on. Accordingly, the disclosure of the embodiments of the invention is intended to be illustrative, but not limiting, of the scope of the invention, which is set forth in the following claims.

With respect to the use of substantially any plural and/or singular terms herein, those having skill in the art can translate from the plural to the singular and/or from the singular to the plural as is appropriate to the context and/or application. The various singular/plural permutations may be expressly set forth herein for sake of clarity.

Although implementations for a method, and a system for dissemination of data between two devices has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methods, it is to be understood that the appended claims are not necessarily limited to the specific features or methods described. Rather, the specific features and methods are disclosed as examples of implementations of real time replication or dissemination of data from a first network device to a second network device.

Claims

A method for dissemination of data between network devices of a network, said method comprising the steps of:

sending, by a first network device, an image comprising at least one object to a AICutPaste server;

extracting, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object from the image received from the first network device;

sending, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object extracted from the image to the first network device; and

sending, by the first network device, the at least one object extracted from the image or the image to a second application of a second network device.
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein before sending, by the first network device, the image comprising at least one object to the AICutPaste server, the method further comprises the step of:

capturing, by a first application of the first network device, the image comprising the at least one object.
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein extracting, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object from the image received from the first network device further comprises the steps of:

sending, by the first application of the first network device, a request to extract the at least one object from the image to the AICutPaste server;

identifying, by the AICutPaste server, at least one object within the image; and

segmenting and extracting, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object from the image.
The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprises the step of:

sending, by the AICutPaste server, the at least one object extracted from the image to the first application of the first network device.
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein sending, by the first network device, the at least one object extracted from the image to a second application of a second network device further comprises the steps of:

sending, by the first network device, the at least one object extracted from the image to a web server; and

sending, by the web server, the at least one object extracted from the image to the second application of the second network device.
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein sending, by the first network device, the image to a second application of a second network device, further comprises the steps of:

focussing, by the first application of the first network device, on to the screen of the second application of the second network device;

generating, by the first application of the first network device, a preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device;

pasting, by the first application of the first network device, the at least one object extracted from the image on to the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device;

sending, by the first network device, the image of the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device having the at least one object pasted thereon to a web server; and

sending, by the web server, the image of the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device having the at least one object pasted thereon to the second application of the second network device.
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first network device is an image capturing device and the second network device is a user device; and wherein the first application is an application to capture images and the second application is an application to edit images.
A system for dissemination of data between network devices of a network, said system comprising:

a first network device comprising:

a first application, and

an AICutPaste server;

a second network device comprising:

a second application; and

a web server;

wherein the first network device is configured to send an image comprising at least one object to the AICutPaste server;

wherein the AICutPaste server is configured to extract the at least one object from the image received from the first network device;

wherein the AICutPaste server is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image to the first network device; and

wherein the first network device is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image or the image to the second application of the second network device.
The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein

the first application of the first network device is configured to capture the image comprising the at least one object.
The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein

the first application of the first network device is configured to send a request to extract the at least one object from the image to the AICutPaste server;

the AICutPaste server is configured to identify at least one object within the image; and

the AICutPaste server is configured to segment and extract the at least one object from the image.
The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein

the AICutPaste server is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image to the first application of the first network device.
The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein

the first network device is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image to a web server; and

the web server is configured to send the at least one object extracted from the image to the second application of the second network device.
The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein

the first application of the first network device is configured to focus on to the screen of the second application of the second network device;

the first application of the first network device is configured to generate a preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device;

the first application of the first network device is configured to paste the at least one object extracted from the image on to the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device;

the first network device is configured to send the image of the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device having the at least one object pasted thereon to a web server; and

the web server is configured to send the image of the preview of the screen of the second application of the second network device having the at least one object pasted thereon to the second application of the second network device.
The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first network device is an image capturing device and the second network device is a user device; and wherein the first application is an application to capture images and the second application is an application to edit images.
A computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program runs on a processor, the processor performs the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7.