Systems and methods for resolving privileged edits within suggested edits

• US 10,380,232 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2018
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Vagell, Vance Julius, Zembowicz, Fil, Pereira Filho, Luiz Amaral Franca, Gunn, Ian, Rybak, Nikita
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Chau T
• Application Number:
  US15/979,411
• Publication Number:
  US 20180260368A1
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2147 Locking files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• 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

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed herein to present an incorporation of a second edit into a first edit in an electronic document. A method includes present the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, the first edit and the second edit representing concurrent updates to the electronic document by multiple users comprising a first user and a second user and having different privilege levels, the first edit and the second edit having a shared position in the electronic document. The method also includes present one or more first graphical elements allowing the second user to select to accept or reject the first edit made by the first user, and present, based on respective privilege levels, the shared position and a selection of the second user to accept or reject the first edit made by the first user, the incorporation of the second edit into the first edit, and a second graphical element allowing the second user to view a plurality of display options for the electronic document with the second edit incorporated into the first edit. The method further includes present the plurality of display options allowing the second user to select one or more of a plurality of edits to the electronic document by the plurality of users, and one or more a plurality of types of edits by the plurality of users, the plurality of display options further allowing the second user to accept or reject selected one or more edits or selected one or more types of edits.

Claims

1. A method for presenting an incorporation of a second edit into a first edit in an electronic document, comprising:

presenting, by a processor, the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, the first edit and the second edit representing concurrent updates to the electronic document by multiple users comprising a first user and a second user and having different privilege levels, the first edit and the second edit having a shared position in the electronic document;

presenting, by the processor, one or more first graphical elements allowing the second user to select to accept or reject the first edit made by the first user;

presenting, based on respective privilege levels, the shared position, a selection of the second user to accept or reject the first edit made by the first user, the incorporation of the second edit into the first edit, and a second graphical element allowing the second user to view a plurality of display options for the electronic document with the second edit incorporated into the first edit; and

in response to a selection of the second graphical element by the second user, presenting the plurality of display options for the electronic document with the second edit incorporated into the first edit, the plurality of display options comprising;

(a) a first set of display options that identify a plurality of users that made a plurality of edits to the electronic document, wherein the first set of display options allows the second user to select any of the identified users to focus on edits made by the selected users,

(b) a second set of display options that identify a plurality of types of edits by the plurality of users, wherein the second set of display options allows the second user to select any of the identified types of edits to focus on edits of the selected types of edits, and

(c) a third set of display options allowing the second user to accept or reject the edits made by the selected users or the edits of the selected types of edits.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user has reviewer privileges associated with the electronic document and the second user has editor privileges associated with the electronic document.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising annotating a stored version of the first edit with an indication of the second edit.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising accepting the second edit in response to receiving an acceptance of the first edit by the second user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising rejecting the second edit in response to receiving a rejection of the first edit by the second user.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising hiding the first edit and the second edit from a view of a published version of the electronic document until the first edit is accepted by an editor of the electronic document.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein both the first user and the second user have editor privileges associated with the electronic document and the first edit is made by the first user while operating in a reviewing mode.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first edit comprises an insertion or a modification of an element in the electronic document, and the second edit comprises a modification of the first edit.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a third edit in the electronic document, wherein the first edit and the third edit share a position in the electronic document, and incorporating the third edit into the first edit when the third edit is privileged relative to the first edit.

10. A system for incorporating a second edit into a first edit in an electronic document, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, to;

present the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, the first edit and the second edit representing concurrent updates to the electronic document by multiple users comprising a first user and a second user and having different privilege levels, the first edit and the second edit having a shared position in the electronic document;

present one or more first graphical elements allowing the second user to select to accept or reject the first edit made by the first user;

present, based on respective privilege levels, the shared position, a selection of the second user to accept or reject the first edit made by the first user, the incorporation of the second edit into the first edit, and a second graphical element allowing the second user to view a plurality of display options for the electronic document with the second edit incorporated into the first edit; and

in response to a selection of the second graphical element by the second user, present the plurality of display options for the electronic document with the second edit incorporated into the first edit, the plurality of display options comprising;

(a) a first set of display options that identify a plurality of users that made a plurality of edits to the electronic document, wherein the first set of display options allows the second user to select any of the identified users to focus on edits made by the selected users,

(b) a second set of display options that identify a plurality of types of edits by the plurality of users, wherein the second set of display options allows the second user to select any of the identified types of edits to focus on edits of the selected types of edits, and

(c) a third set of display options allowing the second user to accept or reject the edits made by the selected users or the edits of the selected types of edits.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the first user has reviewer privileges associated with the electronic document and the second user has editor privileges associated with the electronic document.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is to incorporate the second edit into the first edit by annotating a stored version of the first edit with an indication of the second edit.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is to accept the second edit in response to receiving an acceptance of the first edit by the second user.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is to reject the second edit in response to receiving a rejection of the first edit by the second user.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is to hide the first edit and the second edit from a view of a published version of the electronic document until the first edit is accepted by an editor of the electronic document.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein both the first user and the second user have editor privileges associated with the electronic document and the first edit is made by the first user while operating in a reviewing mode.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the first edit comprises an insertion or a modification of an element in the electronic document, and the second edit comprises a modification of the first edit.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations to present an incorporation of a second edit into a first edit in an electronic document, the operations comprising:

presenting the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, the first edit and the second edit representing concurrent updates to the electronic document by multiple users comprising a first user and a second user and having different privilege levels, the first edit and the second edit having a shared position in the electronic document;

presenting one or more first graphical elements allowing the second user to select to accept or reject the first edit made by the first user;

presenting, based on respective privilege levels, the shared position, a selection of the second user to accept or reject the first edit made by the first user, the incorporation of the second edit into the first edit, and a second graphical element allowing the second user to view a plurality of display options for the electronic document with the second edit incorporated into the first edit; and

in response to a selection of the second graphical element by the second user, presenting the plurality of display options for the electronic document with the second edit incorporated into the first edit, the plurality of display options comprising;

(a) a first set of display options that identify a plurality of users that made a plurality of edits to the electronic document, wherein the first set of display options allows the second user to select any of the identified users to focus on edits made by the selected users,

(b) a second set of display options that identify a plurality of types of edits by the plurality of users, wherein the second set of display options allows the second user to select any of the identified types of edits to focus on edits of the selected types of edits, and

(c) a third set of display options allowing the second user to accept or reject the edits made by the selected users or the edits of the selected types of edits.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise annotating a stored version of the first edit with an indication of the second edit.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise hiding the first edit and the second edit from a view of a published version of the electronic document until the first edit is accepted by an editor of the electronic document.