Document conversion with merging
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a server configured to store documents in one or more server formats, wherein the documents are available to one or more devices via a network, wherein the server is configured to generate a small device document in a small device format from a document in a server format, wherein, to generate a small device document in a small device format from a document in a server format, the server is further configured to exclude one or more formats for content of the document in the server format from the small device document; and
wherein the server is further configured to provide the small device document to a small device coupled to the server;
the small device, wherein the small device is configured to;
modify the small device document to produce a modified version of the small device document; and
provide the modified version of the small device document to the server;
wherein the server is further configured to generate a modified version of the document in the server format from the modified version of the small device document, wherein, to generate a modified version of the document in the server format from the modified version of the small device document, the server is further configured to restore the one or more formats for content of the document in the server format excluded from the small device document.
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Abstract
Converting a document in a small device format and merging the converted document with an original version of the document in an office productivity format. A document on a server may be converted to a small device format. Some information may be dropped from the document during conversion. The converted document may be transferred to a small device for editing. The edited document may be transferred back to the server for synchronization with the original document. After transferal, the edited document may be converted back to the original document format on the server and analyzed to determine differences between the edited document and the original document. The determined differences may be applied to the original document to merge the small device document with the original document. Information that was lost during the original conversion of the document may be restored to the merged document during the conversion/merge process.
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32 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a server configured to store documents in one or more server formats, wherein the documents are available to one or more devices via a network, wherein the server is configured to generate a small device document in a small device format from a document in a server format, wherein, to generate a small device document in a small device format from a document in a server format, the server is further configured to exclude one or more formats for content of the document in the server format from the small device document; and wherein the server is further configured to provide the small device document to a small device coupled to the server; the small device, wherein the small device is configured to; modify the small device document to produce a modified version of the small device document; and provide the modified version of the small device document to the server; wherein the server is further configured to generate a modified version of the document in the server format from the modified version of the small device document, wherein, to generate a modified version of the document in the server format from the modified version of the small device document, the server is further configured to restore the one or more formats for content of the document in the server format excluded from the small device document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A server comprising:
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a processor; a memory operable to store program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by the processor to generate a small device document in a format supported by a small device from a document in a format supported by the server; wherein, to generate a small device document in a format supported by the small device from a document in a format supported by the server, the program instructions are further executable by the processor to exclude one or more formats for content of the document in the format supported by the server from the small device document; wherein the program instructions are further executable by the processor to generate a version of the document in the format supported by the server from a version of the small device document in the format supported by the small device; and wherein, to generate a version of the document in the format supported by the server from a version of the small device document in the format supported by the small device, the program instructions are further executable by the processor to restore the one or more formats for content of the document in the format supported by the server excluded from the small device document. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer implemented method comprising:
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generating a small device document in a small device format from a document in an office format; wherein said generating a small device document in a small device format from a document in the office format comprises excluding one or more formats for content of the document in the office format from the small device document; generating a modified version of the small device document in the small device format; generating a modified version of the document in the office format from the modified version of the small device document; and wherein said generating a modified version of the document in the office format from the modified version of the small device document comprises restoring the one or more formats for content of the document in the office format excluded from the small device document. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A tangible, computer-readable medium comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to implement:
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generating a small device document in a small device format from a document in an office format; wherein said generating a small device document in a small device format from a document in the office format comprises excluding one or more formats for content of the document in the office format from the small device document; generating a modified version of the small device document in the small device format; generating a modified version of the document in the office format from the modified version of the small device document; and wherein said generating a modified version of the document in the office format from the modified version of the small device document comprises restoring the one or more formats for content of the document in the office format excluded from the small device document. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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