Method and Apparatus for Viewing and Managing Collaboration Data from Within the Context of a Shared Document
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for viewing and managing collaboration data from within the context of a shared electronic document. A document editing pane is displayed for editing the shared document. In conjunction with the document editing pane, a collaboration pane is displayed for displaying the collaboration data. Through the collaboration pane, collaboration data such as the identities of one or more collaborators, task, documents, links and other information may be displayed. Actions may also be performed with respect to any aspect of the collaboration data through the collaboration pane.
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49 Claims
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1-14. -14. (canceled)
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15. A method for viewing and managing collaboration data from within the context of a shared electronic document, the method comprising:
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providing a first user interface pane for editing the shared electronic document; providing a second user interface pane in conjunction with the first user interface pane for viewing and managing the collaboration data, the second user interface pane comprising a first user interface object which, when selected, will cause a description of at least one of the following;
at least one task to be displayed, at least one additional shared document to be displayed, and at least one link to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32)
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41. A system for viewing and managing collaboration data from within the context of a shared electronic document, the method comprising:
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a memory storage; and a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to; provide a first user interface pane for editing the shared electronic document; provide a second user interface pane in conjunction with the first user interface pane for viewing and managing the collaboration data, the second user interface pane comprising a first user interface object which, when selected, will cause a description of at least one of the following;
at least one task to be displayed, at least one additional shared document to be displayed, and at least one link to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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45. A computer-readable medium having a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for viewing and managing collaboration data from within the context of a shared electronic document, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
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providing a first user interface pane for editing the shared electronic document; providing a second user interface pane in conjunction with the first user interface pane for viewing and managing the collaboration data, the second user interface pane comprising a first user interface object which, when selected, will cause a description of at least one of the following;
at least one task to be displayed, at least one additional shared document to be displayed, and at least one link to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49)
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Specification