Shared edit access of electronic content
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1. A method comprising:
- providing an electronic document to a device of a user of a plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document;
receiving a lock command from the device of the user to prevent edit access by other users of the plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document; and
transmitting, using a hardware processor, the lock command to devices of the other users of the plurality of users.
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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 to a device of a user of a plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document; receiving a lock command from the device of the user to prevent edit access by other users of the plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document; and transmitting, using a hardware processor, the lock command to devices of the other users of the plurality of users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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providing an electronic document to a device of a user of a plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document; invoking, using a hardware processor, a lock to prevent edit access by other users of the multiple users of the electronic document in response to the receiving of an input from the device of the user to edit the electronic document that prevents edit access by other users of the plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document; sending a save confirmation to the device of the user based on saving content provided by the device; and receiving a release from the device of the user in response to the device receiving the save confirmation that releases the lock. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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providing an electronic document to a device of a user of a plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document; receiving a lock command from the device of the user to prevent edit access by other users of the plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document; and transmitting the lock command to devices of the other users of the plurality of users. - View Dependent Claims (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 a plurality of users from client devices communicatively coupled to the server; and a control module to provide the electronic document for presentation to a user of the plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document, to invoke a lock to prevent edit access by other users of the multiple users of the electronic document in response to the receiving of an input from the device of the user to edit the electronic document that prevents edit access by other users of the plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document, to send a save confirmation to the device of the user based on saving content provided by the device; and
to receive a release from the device of the user in response to the device receiving the save confirmation. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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