Shared edit access of electronic content
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1. A method comprising:
- providing an electronic document for presentation to a user of multiple users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document;
receiving an input from the user to edit the electronic document at a device of the user, the input triggering a lock command to be generated at the device of the user; and
transmitting the lock command from the device of the user in response to the receiving the input to edit the electronic document at the device of the user, the lock command causing invoking of a lock to prevent edit access by other users of the multiple users of the electronic document in response to the lock command.
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Abstract
In various embodiments, a computerized method includes presenting an electronic document to one user out of multiple users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document. The computerized method may include receiving an input from the user to edit the electronic document, as well as invoking a lock to prevent edit access by the other users responsive to receiving the input from the user to edit the electronic document.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing an electronic document for presentation to a user of multiple users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document; receiving an input from the user to edit the electronic document at a device of the user, the input triggering a lock command to be generated at the device of the user; and transmitting the lock command from the device of the user in response to the receiving the input to edit the electronic document at the device of the user, the lock command causing invoking of a lock to prevent edit access by other users of the multiple users of the electronic document in response to the lock command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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providing an electronic document for presentation to a user of multiple users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document; receiving an input from the user to edit the electronic document at a device of the user, the input triggering a lock command to be generated at the device of the user; and transmitting the lock command from the device of the user in response to the receiving of the input to edit the electronic document at the device of the user, the lock command causing invoking of a lock to prevent edit access by other users of the multiple users of the electronic document in response to the lock command. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A server comprising:
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a non-transitory machine-readable medium to store an electronic document that is edit accessible by multiple users from client devices communicatively coupled to the server; and a control module to provide the electronic document for presentation to a user of multiple users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document, to receive a lock command generated by a device of the user that is editing the electronic document, and to lock the electronic document to prevent edit access by other users of the multiple users of the electronic document in response to the lock command. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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