UNIFIED EDITABLE INBOX

• US 20110010635A1
• Filed: 01/19/2010
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Micro Focus Software, Inc. (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Novell Incorporated (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Roughley, Ian Edward, LaPalomento, David Marshall, Anderson, Brady, Fox, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US12/690,056
• Publication Number:
  US 20110010635A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system can include a content receiving module for receiving a static content such as a message or a document, a content promotion module for promoted the static content to a shared content format, and a shared content co-editing module for providing a number of users with co-editing access to the promoted content. The shared content co-editing module can also present editing of the content by certain users to other users in real-time.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a content receiving module configured to receive a static content;

a content promotion module configured to promote the static content to a shared content format; and

a shared content co-editing module configured to provide access to the promoted content for editing by one or more users, wherein the shared content co-editing module is further configured to present the editing by one or more users to one or more other users in real-time.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the shared content co-editing module is further configured to present changes to the promoted content by a first user to at least one other user.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a version control module configured to record version information for each revision of the promoted content.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the version control module is further configured to provide one or more users with access to one or more prior revisions of the promoted content.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the static content comprises one of a group consisting of an e-mail message, an instant message, a chat session, a blog posting, a wiki, and a document.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a promoted content storage repository configured to store the promoted content.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the shared content co-editing module is configured to present the editing by one or more users to one or more other users in real-time on an individual character basis, and also to present annotation information corresponding to the editing.

8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a static content;

promoting the static content to a shared content format, and

providing simultaneous co-edit capability of the promoted content to each of a plurality of users.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein providing co-edit capability of the promoted content comprises receiving new content incorporated into the promoted content by one or more users.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising maintaining a version control of the promoted content.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein maintaining the version control of the promoted content comprises, for each revision of the promoted content, recording information pertaining to the revision.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the information pertaining to the revision comprises a timestamp corresponding to a last save time of the revision.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising providing one or more users with access to each revision of the promoted content.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein providing co-edit capability of the promoted content comprises providing a share enable component configured to receive a directive from a user to allow or block the co-edit capability in connection with one or more other users.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the static content comprises at least one of an e-mail message, an instant messaging message, a chat session, a blog posting, a wiki, and a document.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising storing the promoted content at a promoted content storage repository.

17. One or more tangible, computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform the computer-implemented method of claim 8.

18. A machine-controlled method, comprising:

receiving a plurality of static contents;

converting at least some of the plurality of static contents into a plurality of shared, co-editable contents;

providing a unified inbox comprising a listing of the plurality of shared, co-editable contents; and

providing a plurality of users with direct access to at least some of the plurality of shared, co-editable contents.

19. The machine-controlled method of claim 18, wherein providing the plurality of users with direct access to at least some of the plurality of shared, co-editable contents comprises receiving from a user via an input device one or more comments to be inserted into at least one of the plurality of shared, co-editable contents.

20. The machine-controlled method of claim 18, further comprising implementing in connection with the unified inbox a version control functionality of the plurality of shared, co-editable contents.