DATA EXCHANGE ACROSS MULTIPLE COMPUTING DEVICES THROUGH A PROACTIVE INTELLIGENT CLIPBOARD

Data exchange across multiple computing devices is provided with a proactive intelligent clipboard that enables users to "cut" or "copy" content from an application program being executed by one computing device and then intelligently and proactively offers such content to the user as part of the user's utilization of another application program being executed by another, different computing device, thereby enabling the user to "paste" such content into such other application program. Content can also be proactively clipped on the user's behalf and can also be offered to other, different users. Analysis is undertaken of content to generate metadata associated therewith. Subsequently, when a user accesses paste functionality, identification can be made, based upon the generated metadata, of previously clipped content that is relevant to the user's current context. Such identified, and previously clipped, content is then proactively presented to the user.