STREAMLINED COLLABORATION ON DOCUMENT
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1. A method of facilitating collaboration on a document, the method comprising:
- using a processor to perform acts comprising;
receiving a first e-mail containing a document, wherein said first e-mail comprises a distribution list that comprises a sender of said first e-mail and one or more recipients of said first e-mail;
sending said first e-mail to said recipients;
receiving, from a first one of said recipients, a first request to open said document;
receiving edits to said document;
receiving, from said first one of said recipients, a second request to close said document;
displaying, to said first one of said recipients, a user interface to generate a second e-mail to one or more people on said distribution list, wherein said second e-mail is distinct from said first e-mail and contains said document, wherein said user interface is displayed as part of a process of closing said document in response to said second request, and is not displayed in response to an explicit request to create an e-mail; and
sending said second e-mail to said one or more people.
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Abstract
Collaborating on documents by e-mail may be streamlined into a unified process. In one example, a user creates a document in an online document service, and sends the document to collaborators by mailing a link to the document. The document may have permissions set so that the creator of the document, and any user on the e-mail distribution list, can read and edit the document. When a user receives the e-mail, that user may open and edit the document. Upon closing the editing application, the user may be presented with an appropriate interface to create a reply e-mail.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating collaboration on a document, the method comprising:
using a processor to perform acts comprising; receiving a first e-mail containing a document, wherein said first e-mail comprises a distribution list that comprises a sender of said first e-mail and one or more recipients of said first e-mail; sending said first e-mail to said recipients; receiving, from a first one of said recipients, a first request to open said document; receiving edits to said document; receiving, from said first one of said recipients, a second request to close said document; displaying, to said first one of said recipients, a user interface to generate a second e-mail to one or more people on said distribution list, wherein said second e-mail is distinct from said first e-mail and contains said document, wherein said user interface is displayed as part of a process of closing said document in response to said second request, and is not displayed in response to an explicit request to create an e-mail; and sending said second e-mail to said one or more people. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. One or more computer-readable media that store executable instructions to facilitate collaboration on a document, wherein said instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform acts comprising:
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receiving the document in a document repository; receiving a distribution list of a first e-mail, wherein said first e-mail contains said document, and wherein said distribution list comprises a sender of said first e-mail and one or more recipients of said first e-mail; setting permissions on said document to allow reading and editing of said document by all users on said distribution list, wherein said setting of said permissions occurs by said computer giving permission to all users on said distribution list and not by a user specifying which users are to receive permission; and sending said first e-mail to said recipients. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system to facilitate collaboration on a document, the system comprising:
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a document system that comprises a document repository, wherein said document system stores documents in said document repository, and wherein said document system limits access to said documents to users who have permission to access said documents; an e-mail system that allows users of said system to send and receive e-mails that contain documents stored in said document repository or that contain documents as attachments; and a document collaboration component that sets permissions on a document stored in said document repository to allow users on a distribution list of an e-mail that contains said document to read and edit said document, wherein said distribution list comprises a sender of said e-mail and one or more recipients of said e-mail, wherein said e-mail system, upon closing of a document that is contained in said e-mail and that has been opened, presents a user interface to create an e-mail containing an edited version of said document to people on said distribution list, wherein said e-mail system presents said user interface without a user who opened said document having requested to create an e-mail. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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