Document editor and method for editing document

• US 20060117249A1
• Filed: 11/29/2005
• Published: 06/01/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HCL Technologies Limited
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hu, Xiao Wei, Gao, Yu Hang, Shi, Wei Guo
• Granted Patent: US 9,430,445 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/255
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/10 Text processing natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30; processing or translation of natural language G06F40/40

Abstract

The present invention provides a document editor and a method for editing document to facilitate the collaboration between users. The document editor comprises a user interface for editing and displaying document information; a dispatcher for identifying objects in the user interface and their identifiers according to object definition, and providing the object information to the user interface; and at least one connector, for communicating with remote or local service using the identifier and address of at least one of the objects, to exchange the object information with the remote or local service and transfer the information to the dispatcher. According to the document editor and the method for editing document, a user could obtain more information of the object embedded in the document and effectively avoid operation failure on the object.

Claims

1. A document editor, comprising:

a user interface, for editing and displaying document information;

a dispatcher, for identifying objects and their identifiers and addresses in the user interface according to object definitions, and providing the object information to the user interface; and

at least one connector, for communicating with a remote or local service using the identifier and address of at least one of the objects, to exchange the object information with the remote or local service and transfer the information to the dispatcher.

2. The document editor of claim 1, wherein the definition of the object comprises one or more of the following:

the object type, label for display in the document, the address of the remote or local service corresponding to the object, the object identifier in the service, the metadata and specified content of the object to be displayed in the editor.

3. The document editor of claim 1 further comprise a plurality of connectors corresponding to a plurality of object types, the dispatcher is further configured for identifying type of the object and invoke corresponding connector according to the object type.

4. The document editor of claim 1, wherein the object information comprises one or more of the following:

the status of the object, metadata, expiration time of the object, the content of the object, and other service address for providing the service associated with the object.

5. The document editor of claim 1, wherein the dispatcher stores the object information, and the connector updates the object information according to the information in the remote service.

6. The document editor of claim 1, wherein the connector updates the object information according to a notification of the remote service.

7. The document editor of claim 1, wherein the connector periodically communicates with the remote service to exchange the object information.

8. The document editor of claim 1, wherein the user interface displays one or more of the following and its change with special effect:

the object, the content of the object, the status of the object and the metadata of the object.

9. The document editor of claim 1, wherein the user interface displays the status and metadata of the object together with the object.

10. The document editor of claim 1 is further configured to add the definition of a new object via predefined standard interface to expand the editor capability for processing object.

17. The method for editing document of claim 1, wherein the object information is exchanged by periodical communicating with the remote service.

11. A method for editing document, comprising:

a) opening or creating a document in a user interface of an editor;

b) identifying objects in the document and their identifiers and addresses according to an object definition;

c) communicating with a remote or local service using the identifier and address of at lease one of the objects to exchange the object information with the remote or local service; and

d) providing the object information to the user interface

12. The method for editing document of claim 11, wherein the object definition comprises one or more of the following:

object type, label for display in the document, the address of the remote or local service corresponding to the object, the object identifier in the service, the metadata and specified content of the object to be displayed in the editor.

13. The method for editing document of claim 11, wherein step b) further comprises identifying the type of the object, step c) is implemented by invoking a corresponding connector according to the object type, and exchange the object information with the remote or local service using the identifier and address of the object.

14. The method for editing document of claim 11, wherein the object information comprises one or more of the following:

the status of the object, metadata, expiration time of the object, the content of the object, and other service address for providing the service associated with the object.

15. The method for editing document of claim 11 further comprises step:

storing the object information, and updating the object information according to the information in the remote service.

16. The method for editing document of claim 11, wherein the object information is updated according to a notification of the remote service.

18. The method for editing document of claim 11 further comprises displaying one or more of the following and its change with special effect:

the object, the content of the object, the status of the object and the metadata of the object.

19. The method for editing document of claim 11 further comprises displaying the status and metadata of the object together with the object in the user interface.

20. The method for editing document of claim 11 further comprises adding the definition of a new object via a predefined standard interface to expand the editor capability for processing object.