Proofpoint, Inc.
DETECTING PASTE AND OTHER TYPES OF USER ACTIVITIES IN COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT

Abstract:

A computer-based method includes: receiving an indication from a computer's operating system that a user has performed a first action that may have caused a context menu with a paste option to open on a screen of the computer, and subsequently receiving an indication from the computer's operating system that the user has performed a second action at the computer that may have amounted to a selection of the paste option on the context menu. In response to the indication from the computer's operating system that the user has performed the second action, the method includes determining if the second action by the user amounted to a selection of the paste option on the context menu and thereby cause a paste action to occur.