Collaborative email
First Claim
1. A method for writing a collaborative email document, the method comprising:
- establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer;
identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document;
providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, wherein the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers;
creating revisions in at least one copy of the document;
recording the revisions; and
updating the copies of the document on collaborators'"'"' computers with the revisions.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for writing collaborative email documents, including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer; identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document; providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, wherein the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers; creating revisions in at least one copy of the document; recording the revisions; and updating the copies of the document on collaborators'"'"' computers with the revisions. Embodiments typically include identifying editable portions of the email document, including specifying that only certain collaborators are authorized to view and edit one or more portions of the document. In many embodiments, revisions are streamed through a server so that there is no ‘master copy’ of a collaborative document, on a server or elsewhere, against which revisions are recognized.
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45 Claims
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1. A method for writing a collaborative email document, the method comprising:
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establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer;
identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document;
providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, wherein the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers;
creating revisions in at least one copy of the document;
recording the revisions; and
updating the copies of the document on collaborators'"'"' computers with the revisions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for writing a collaborative email document, the system comprising:
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means for establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer;
means for identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document;
means for providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, wherein the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers;
means for creating revisions in at least one copy of the document;
means for recording the revisions; and
means for updating the copies of the document on collaborators'"'"' computers with the revisions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer program product for writing a collaborative email document, the computer program product comprising:
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a recording medium;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, wherein the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating revisions in at least one copy of the document;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for recording the revisions; and
means, recorded on the recording medium, for updating the copies of the document on collaborators'"'"' computers with the revisions. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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