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Collaborative authoring

  • US 8,990,150 B2
  • Filed: 07/01/2012
  • Issued: 03/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for authoring a document at a first computing device, the method comprising:

  • allowing a first unit of data of the document to be edited by a first user;

    when the first unit of data is edited, providing a first annotation displayed on the document at the first computing device indicating that the document is being edited by the first user;

    sending a first update from the first computing device to a second computing device indicating that the first unit of data of the document is being edited;

    receiving a second update from the second computing device at the first computing device indicating that a second user is editing a second unit of data of the document;

    providing a second annotation displayed on the document indicating that the second unit of data is being edited by the second user;

    receiving an indication from the first user to display content updates into the document from the second computing device; and

    updating, by the first computing device, the document to display the content updates.

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