Systems and methods for providing a client-server infrastructure for asynchronous and synchronus collaboration including co-editing activity collision prevention
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1. A method for collaboration, comprising:
- forming connections between a collaboration place that is persistent and addressable on a server and each of a first client and a second client;
associating the collaboration place with a first collaboration place interface and a second collaboration place interface executing on the respective first and second clients;
establishing communications via a plurality of network connections between the collaboration place interfaces and the server that supports collaboration among the clients;
administering co-editing activity performed by an application, the application includes a spreadsheet application and wherein the administering of the co-editing activity performed by the application comprises;
managing sequential or simultaneous co-editing activity of shared content within the collaboration place among users of the collaboration place;
tracking a history of interactions for the co-editing activity;
detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions based on the co-editing activity, wherein the detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions comprises detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions of changes of data of the application based on administering data ranges within objects;
transmitting to the at least one of the first client or second client of detected changes to shared content based on the co-editing activity; and
providing comments about the shared content based on the co-editing activity.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods provide a client-server infrastructure capable of supporting a variety of asynchronous and synchronous collaboration activities in a so-called collaboration place. Some of these activities include chatting, viewing and/or editing one or more data files, and sharing one or more applications, data files, and/or displays. The client-server infrastructure supports seamless navigation between the supported asynchronous and synchronous activities in the collaboration place. Additionally, the client-server architecture supports data persistence, so that data files associated with the collaboration place can be stored for subsequent access.
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1. A method for collaboration, comprising:
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forming connections between a collaboration place that is persistent and addressable on a server and each of a first client and a second client; associating the collaboration place with a first collaboration place interface and a second collaboration place interface executing on the respective first and second clients; establishing communications via a plurality of network connections between the collaboration place interfaces and the server that supports collaboration among the clients; administering co-editing activity performed by an application, the application includes a spreadsheet application and wherein the administering of the co-editing activity performed by the application comprises; managing sequential or simultaneous co-editing activity of shared content within the collaboration place among users of the collaboration place; tracking a history of interactions for the co-editing activity; detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions based on the co-editing activity, wherein the detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions comprises detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions of changes of data of the application based on administering data ranges within objects; transmitting to the at least one of the first client or second client of detected changes to shared content based on the co-editing activity; and providing comments about the shared content based on the co-editing activity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for collaboration, comprising:
a server that provides a collaboration place interface that is persistent and addressable to each of a first client and a second client, the server configured to perform; associating the collaboration place with a first collaboration place interface and a second collaboration place interface executing on the respective first and second clients; establishing communications via a plurality of network connections between the first and second collaboration place interfaces and the server that supports collaboration among the first and second clients; administering co-editing activity performed by an application, the application includes a spreadsheet application and wherein the administering of the co-editing activity performed by the application comprises; managing sequential or simultaneous co-editing activity of shared content within the collaboration place among users of the collaboration place; tracking a history of interactions for the co-editing activity; detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions based on the co-editing activity, wherein the detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions comprises detecting and avoiding collision of changes of the shared content of the application based on administering data ranges within the shared content; transmitting to the at least one of the first client or second client of detected changes to the shared content based on the co-editing activity; and providing comments about the shared content based on the co-editing activity. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory processor readable medium for collaboration, the medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform actions that comprise:
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forming connections between a collaboration place that is persistent and addressable on a server and each of a first client and a second client; associating the collaboration place with a first collaboration place interface and a second collaboration place interface executing on the respective first and second clients; establishing communications via a plurality of network connections between the collaboration place interfaces and the server that supports collaboration among the clients; administering co-editing activity performed by an application, the application includes a spreadsheet application and wherein the administering of the co-editing activity performed by the application comprises; managing sequential or simultaneous co-editing activity of shared content within the collaboration place among users of the collaboration place; tracking a history of interactions for the co-editing activity; detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions based on the co-editing activity, wherein the detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions comprises detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions of changes of the shared content of the application based on administering data ranges within the shared content; transmitting to the at least one of the first client or second client of detected changes to the shared content based on the co-editing activity; and providing comments about the shared content based on the co-editing activity.
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