Collaborative document editing

• US 10,055,394 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2016
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Lee, Keng Fai, Chan, Wang Chiu, Migos, Charles J., Emanuel, M. Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): Tapp, Amelia
• Application Number:
  US15/068,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20160196247A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/197 Version control for software G06F8/71
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/06 for supporting key management in a packet data network cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key management H04L9/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/068 using time-dependent keys, e.g. periodically changing keys cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for controlling usage of secret information H04L9/088
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0884 by delegation of authentication, e.g. a proxy authenticates an entity to be authenticated on behalf of this entity vis-à-vis an authentication entity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/30 Public key, i.e. encryption algorithm being computationally infeasible to invert or user's encryption keys not requiring secrecy
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/321 involving a third party or a trusted authority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3263 involving certificates, e.g. public key certificate [PKC] or attribute certificate [AC]; Public key infrastructure [PKI] arrangements network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using certificates in a packet data network H04L63/0823
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

Various features and processes related to document collaboration are disclosed. In some implementations, animations are presented when updating a local document display to reflect changes made to the document at a remote device. In some implementations, a user can selectively highlight changes made by collaborators in a document. In some implementations, a user can select an identifier associated with another user to display a portion of a document that includes the other user'"'"'s cursor location. In some implementations, text in document chat sessions can be automatically converted into hyperlinks which, when selected, cause a document editor to perform an operation.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

presenting a document in a graphical user interface of a document editing application on a display of a first user device associated with a first user;

receiving, at the first user device, first information describing a first user modification to the document;

in response to receiving the first information, changing the presentation of the document on the first user device to reflect the first user modification to the document;

receiving, from a second user device, second information describing a second user modification to the document;

in response to receiving the second information, changing the presentation of the document on the first user device to reflect the second user modification to the document;

in accordance with an automatic determination that the first user modification to the document corresponds to the first user, forgoing presenting an animation associated with the first user modification to the document; and

in accordance with an automatic determination that the second user modification to the document corresponds to a second user different from the first user, presenting an animation associated with the second user modification to the document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user modification is associated with a graphical element of the document, and presenting the animation associated with the second user modification comprises animating the graphical element on the display of the first user device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining a style of animation to present based on a type of the second user modification; and

presenting the animation having the determined style.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the style of animation to present is determined based on animation information, the animation information including a mapping of animation types to object types and modification types.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the user modification type is at least one of an addition, a move, a style change or a deletion.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the animation style is at least one of a shake animation, an expansion animation, or a shrinking animation.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user modification comprises moving a graphical element, and the animation associated with the second user modification comprises at least one of a move animation and a resize animation.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user modification comprises adding a graphical element, and the animation associated with the second user modification comprises an expansion animation.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user modification comprises adding a graphical element, and the animation associated with the second user modification comprises a bouncing animation.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user modification comprises changing a color of a graphical element, and the animation associated with the second user modification comprises a color change and at least one of a shaking, rotation or oscillation animation.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user modification comprises deleting a graphical element, and the animation associated with the second user modification comprises a shrinking animation.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user modification comprises resizing a graphical element, and the animation associated with the second user modification comprises a scaling animation.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user modification comprises editing content of a cell, and the animation associated with the second user modification comprises temporarily highlighting the cell.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user modification comprises editing an image, and the animation comprises a shaking animation.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes:

presenting a document in a graphical user interface of a document editing application on a display of a first user device associated with a first user;

receiving, at the first user device, first information describing a first user modification to the document;

in response to receiving the first information, changing the presentation of the document on the first user device to reflect the first user modification to the document;

receiving, from a second user device, second information describing a second user modification to the document;

in response to receiving the second information, changing the presentation of the document on the first user device to reflect the second user modification to the document;

in accordance with an automatic determination that the first user modification to the document corresponds to the first user, forgoing presenting an animation associated with the first user modification to the document; and

in accordance with an automatic determination that the second user modification to the document corresponds to a second user different from the first user, presenting an animation associated with the second user modification to the document.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the second user modification is associated with a graphical element of the document, and the animation associated with the second user modification comprises animating the graphical element on the display of the first user device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause:

determining a style of animation to present based on a type of the second user modification; and

presenting the animation having the determined style.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the style of animation to present is determined based on animation information, the animation information including a mapping of animation types to object types and modification types.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the user modification type is at least one of an addition, a move, a style change or a deletion.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the animation style is at least one of a shake animation, an expansion animation, or a shrinking animation.

21. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause;

presenting a document in a graphical user interface of a document editing application on a display of a first user device associated with a first user;

receiving, at the first user device, first information describing a first user modification to the document;

in response to receiving the first information, changing the presentation of the document on the first user device to reflect the first user modification to the document;

receiving, from a second user device, second information describing a second user modification to the document;

in response to receiving the second information, changing the presentation of the document on the first user device to reflect the second user modification to the document;

in accordance with an automatic determination that the first user modification to the document corresponds to the first user, forgoing presenting an animation associated with the first user modification to the document; and

in accordance with an automatic determination that the second user modification to the document corresponds to a second user different from the first user, presenting an animation associated with the second user modification to the document.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the second user modification is associated with a graphical element of the document, and presenting the animation associated with the second user modification comprises animating the graphical element on the display of the first user device.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the instructions further cause:

determining a style of animation to present based on a type of the second user modification; and

presenting the animation having the determined style.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the style of animation to present is determined based on animation information, the animation information including a mapping of animation types to object types and modification types.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the user modification type is at least one of an addition, a move, a style change or a deletion;

and wherein the animation style is at least one of a shake animation, an expansion animation, or a shrinking animation.