System and/or method for comment migration

• US 7,657,524 B1
• Filed: 07/28/2005
• Issued: 02/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Laursen, Michael V., Petersen, Scott E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong; Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): XUE, BIN
• Application Number:
  US11/193,074
• Time in Patent Office: 1,650 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with comment migration are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

executing instructions on a computing platform to;

identify one or more comments associated with a portion of a first document;

identify a relationship between said one or more comments and said portion of the first document;

associate said one or more comments with an associated portion of a second document, said associated portion of a second document chosen based at least in part on one or more determined similarities between said first document and said second document;

modify said relationship based, at least in part, on similarities and/or differences between an arrangement of one or more paragraphs, one or more sections, and/or one or more hierarchical aspects of said first document and said second document;

migrate said one or more comments into said second document based, at least in part, on said modified relationship; and

display said one or more comments and said second document such that said one or more comments are positioned proximal to said associated portion of said second document.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing instructions on said computing platform to determine said one or more determined similarities between said first document and said second document by comparing said first document and said second document.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said second document comprises one or more portions of said first document.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said second document comprises a modified version of said first document.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein comparing said first document and said second document comprises comparing one or more words in said first document and one or more words in said second document.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein comparing said first document and said second document comprises comparing one or more structural elements of said first document and one or more structural elements of said second document.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a computing platform comprising one or more processors and one or more memories, said one or more processors programmed with instructions stored in said one or more memories to identify one or more comments associated with an associated portion of a first document;

identify a relationship between said one or more comments and said associated portion of the first document;

associate said one or more comments with a portion of a second document, said portion of a second document chosen based at least in part on one or more determined similarities between said first document and said second document;

modify said relationship based, at least in part, on similarities and/or differences between an arrangement of one or more paragraphs, one or more sections, and/or one or more hierarchical aspects of said first document and said second document

migrate said one or more comments into said second document based, at least in part, on said modified relationship; and

display said one or more comments and said second document such that said one or more comments are positioned proximal to said associated portion of said second document.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein said one or more processors are further programmed with instructions stored in said one or more memories to compare said first document and said second document and determine said one or more difference between said first document and said second document.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said one or more processors are further programmed with instructions stored in said one or more memories to compare said first document and said second document by comparing one or more words of said first document and one or more words of said second document.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said one or more processors are further programmed with instructions stored in said one or more memories to compare said first document and said second document by comparing one or more structural elements of said first document and one or more structural elements of said second document.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said one or more processors are further programmed with instructions stored in said one or more memories to associate said one or more comments with one or more portions of said second document based at least in part the compared one or more words in the first document and the compared one or more words in the second document.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said one or more processors are further programmed with instructions stored in said one or more memories to associate said one or more comments with one or more portions of said second document based at least in part the compared one or more structural elements in the first document and the compared one or more structural elements in the second document.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a comment migration means, comprising at least one processor, for associating one or more comments associated with one or more portions of a first document with one or more portions of a second document, said one or more portions of a second document chosen based at least in part on one or more determined similarities between said first document and said second document;

means, comprising said at least one processor, for identifying a relationship between said one or more comments and said one or more portions of the first document;

means, comprising said at least one processor, for modifying said relationship based, at least in part, on similarities and/or differences between an arrangement of one or more paragraphs, one or more sections, and/or one or more hierarchical aspects of said first document and said second document;

means, comprising said at least one processor, for migrating said one or more comments into said second document based, at least in part, on said modified relationship; and

means, comprising said at least one processor, for displaying said one or more comments and said second document such that said one or more comments are positioned proximal to said one or more portions of said second document.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a document comparing means, comprising said at least one processor, for comparing a first document to a second document to at least in part determine one or more similarities between said first document and said second document.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a document comparing means, comprising said at least one processor, for comparing one or more words of a first document and one or more words of a second document to at least in part determine one or more similarities between said first document and said second document.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a document comparing means, comprising said at least one processor, for comparing one or more structural elements of a first document and one or more structural elements of a second document to at least in part determine one or more similarities between said first document and said second document.

17. An article comprising a storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon which, executed by a computing platform, enable said computing platform to:

identify one or more comments associated with a portion of a first document;

identify a relationship between said one or more comments and said portion of the first document;

associate said one or more comments with an associated portion of a second document, said associated portion of a second document chosen based at least in part on one or more determined similarities between said first document and said second document;

modify said relationship based, at least in part, on similarities and/or differences between an arrangement of one or more paragraphs, one or more sections, and/or one or more hierarchical aspects of said first document and said second document;

migrate said one or more comments into said second document based, at least in part, on said modified relationship; and

display said one or more comments and said second document such that said one or more comments are positioned proximal to said associated portion of said second document.

18. The article of claim 17, wherein said machine-readable instructions, if executed by a computing platform, further enable said computing platform to determine said one or more determined similarities between said first document and said second document by comparing said first document and said second document.

19. The article of claim 18, wherein said second document comprises one or more portions of said first document.

20. The article of claim 19, wherein said second document comprises a modified version of said first document.

21. The article of claim 20, wherein comparing said first document and said second document comprises comparing one or more words in said first document and one or more words in said second document.

22. The article of claim 20, wherein comparing said first document and said second document comprises comparing one or more structural elements of said first document and one or more structural elements of said second document.