Track Changes Permissions

• US 20130160142A1
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Lee, Keng Fai, Chu, Alan, Lee, Oi Ying Angela, Lai, Sing Yeung, To, Chi Ming, Chan, Pui Ki
• Granted Patent: US 9,122,886 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2147 Locking files

Abstract

Various features and processes related to document collaboration are disclosed. In some implementations, animations are presented when updating a local document display to reflect changes made to the document at a remote device. In some implementations, a user can selectively highlight changes made by collaborators in a document. In some implementations, a user can select an identifier associated with another user to display a portion of a document that includes the other user'"'"'s cursor location. In some implementations, text in document chat sessions can be automatically converted into hyperlinks which, when selected, cause a document editor to perform an operation.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining a document having one or more provisional changes;

obtaining permission information associated with the document;

based on the permission information, determining that a user is not authorized to perform a track changes operation on the document;

preventing the user from invoking the track changes operation.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

preventing access to one or more user interface elements for invoking the track changes operation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the document includes provisional changes.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the provisional changes are associated with a plurality of users.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the track changes operation is an operation that accepts one or more of the provisional changes into the document.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the track changes operation is an operation that rejects one or more of the provisional changes from the document.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the track changes operation is an operation turns off change tracking in the document.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is a text document.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is a multimedia document.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is concurrently accessed by the plurality of devices.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes:

obtaining a document having one or more provisional changes;

obtaining permission information associated with the document;

based on the permission information, determining that a user is not authorized to perform a track changes operation on the document;

preventing the user from invoking the track changes operation.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, where the instructions cause:

preventing access to one or more user interface elements for invoking the track changes operation.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the document includes provisional changes.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the provisional changes are associated with a plurality of users.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the track changes operation is an operation that accepts one or more of the provisional changes into the document.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the track changes operation is an operation that rejects one or more of the provisional changes from the document.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the track changes operation is an operation that turns off change tracking in the document.

18. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes;

obtaining a document having one or more provisional changes;

obtaining permission information associated with the document;

based on the permission information, determining that a user is not authorized to perform a track changes operation on the document;

preventing the user from invoking the track changes operation.

19. The system of claim 18, where the instructions cause:

preventing access to one or more user interface elements for invoking the track changes operation.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the document includes provisional changes.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the provisional changes are associated with a plurality of users.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the track changes operation is an operation that accepts one or more of the provisional changes into the document.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein the track changes operation is an operation that rejects one or more of the provisional changes from the document.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein the track changes operation is an operation that turns off change tracking in the document.