METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE EDITING OF A DOCUMENT
First Claim
1. A method for collaborative editing of a document by an author of the document and a plurality of reviewers, said method being performed by program code executing on a computer, said method comprising:
- receiving, by the program code from the author, an identification of a plurality of selected portions of the document;
receiving, by the program code from the author, a plurality of comments created by the author and an identification of at least one reviewer of the plurality of reviewers to which each received comment is directed, wherein the selected portions and the comments are associated with each other on a one-to-one basis, and wherein each comment pertains to content of the selected portion that each comment is associated with;
parsing the received comments, and utilizing the received identification of the at least one reviewer to which each comment is directed, to generate a list of comments comprising the plurality of comments, wherein the list of comments specifies for each comment the at least one reviewer to which each comment is directed, and wherein said parsing and said utilizing are performed by the program code; and
making available, by the program code to each reviewer, the comments on the list of comments directed to each reviewer.
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Abstract
A method and system for collaborative editing of a document by an author of the document and reviewers. Program code receives from the author an identification of selected portions of the document and receives from the author: comments created by the author and an identification of at least one reviewer to which each comment is directed. The selected portions and the comments are associated with each other on a one-to-one basis. Each comment pertains to content of the selected portion that each comment is associated with. The program code parses the received comments, and utilizes the identification of the at least one reviewer to which each comment is directed, to generate a list of comments specifying for each comment the at least one reviewer to which each comment is directed. The program code makes available to each reviewer the comments on the list of comments directed to each reviewer.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for collaborative editing of a document by an author of the document and a plurality of reviewers, said method being performed by program code executing on a computer, said method comprising:
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receiving, by the program code from the author, an identification of a plurality of selected portions of the document; receiving, by the program code from the author, a plurality of comments created by the author and an identification of at least one reviewer of the plurality of reviewers to which each received comment is directed, wherein the selected portions and the comments are associated with each other on a one-to-one basis, and wherein each comment pertains to content of the selected portion that each comment is associated with; parsing the received comments, and utilizing the received identification of the at least one reviewer to which each comment is directed, to generate a list of comments comprising the plurality of comments, wherein the list of comments specifies for each comment the at least one reviewer to which each comment is directed, and wherein said parsing and said utilizing are performed by the program code; and making available, by the program code to each reviewer, the comments on the list of comments directed to each reviewer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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