Track changes permissions

• US 9,122,886 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Issued: 09/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Lai, Sing Yeung, To, Chi Ming, Lee, Keng Fai, Chan, Pui Ki, Chu, Alan, Lee, Oi Ying Angela
• Primary Examiner(s): Najjar, Saleh
• Assistant Examiner(s): PLOTKIN, JASON R
• Application Number:
  US13/332,332
• Publication Number:
  US 20130160142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,351 Days
• Field of Search: 726/28
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2147 Locking files

Abstract

Various features and processes related to document collaboration are disclosed. In some implementations, animations are presented when updating a local document display to reflect changes made to the document at a remote device. In some implementations, a user can selectively highlight changes made by collaborators in a document. In some implementations, a user can select an identifier associated with another user to display a portion of a document that includes the other user'"'"'s cursor location. In some implementations, text in document chat sessions can be automatically converted into hyperlinks which, when selected, cause a document editor to perform an operation.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory;

receiving, from a first user, a command to accept one or more provisional changes made to a document by a second user who is not authorized to accept the one or more provisional changes;

based on permission information associated with the document, determining whether the first user is authorized to accept the one or more provisional changes to the document; and

in response to receiving the command, and in accordance with a determination that the first user is authorized to accept the one or more provisional changes, committing the one or more provisional changes in the document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the provisional changes are associated with a plurality of users.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the first user, a command to turn off change tracking in the document;

determining, based on the permission information, whether the first user is authorized to perform an operation that turns off change tracking in the document;

in response to receiving the command to turn off change tracking, and in accordance with a determination that the first user is authorized to perform the operation that turns off change tracking in the document, turning off change tracking in the document.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is a text document.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is a multimedia document.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is concurrently accessed by the plurality of devices.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, on a display coupled to the electronic device, the one or more provisional changes being made to the document by the second user in real-time.

13. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

in response to receiving the command to turn off change tracking, and in accordance with a determination that the first user is not authorized to perform the operation that turns off change tracking in the document, maintaining change tracking in the document.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving the command, and in accordance with a determination that the first user is not authorized to accept the one or more provisional changes, maintaining the one or more provisional changes in the document.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes:

receiving, from a first user, a command to accept one or more provisional changes made to a document by a second user who is not authorized to accept the one or more provisional changes;

based on permission information associated with the document, determining whether the first user is authorized to accept the one or more provisional changes to the document; and

in response to receiving the command, and in accordance with the determining based on the permission information that the first user is authorized to accept the one or more provisional changes, committing the one or more provisional changes in the document.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the provisional changes are associated with a plurality of users.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions cause:

receiving, from the first user, a command to turn off change tracking in the document;

determining, based on the permission information, whether the first user is authorized to perform an operation that turns off change tracking in the documents;

in response to receiving the command to turn off change tracking, and in accordance with determining that the first user is authorized to perform the operation that turns off change tracking in the document, turning off change tracking in the document.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions cause:

displaying, on a display coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more provisional changes being made to the document by the second user in real-time.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions cause:

in response to receiving the command to turn off change tracking, and in accordance with determining that the first user is not authorized to perform the operation that turns off change tracking in the document, maintaining change tracking in the document.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions cause:

in response to receiving the command, and in accordance with the determining based on the permission information that the first user is not authorized to accept the one or more provisional changes, maintaining the one or more provisional changes in the document.

10. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes;

receiving, from a first user, a command to accept one or more provisional changes made to a document by a second user who is not authorized to accept the one or more provisional changes;

based on permission information associated with the document, determining whether the first user is authorized to accept the one or more provisional changes to the document; and

in response to receiving the command, and in accordance with the determining based on the permission information that the first user is authorized to accept the one or more provisional changes, committing the one or more provisional changes in the document.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the provisional changes are associated with a plurality of users.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the instructions cause:

showing, to the first user, the one or more provisional changes being made to the document by the second user in real-time.

19. The system of claim 10, wherein the instructions cause:

in response to receiving the command, and in accordance with a determination that the first user is not authorized to accept the one or more provisional changes, maintaining the one or more provisional changes in the document.

20. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more sequences of instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause:

receiving, from the first user, a command to turn off change tracking in the document;

determining, based on the permission information, whether the first user is authorized to perform an operation that turns off change tracking in the document;

in response to receiving the command to turn off change tracking, and in accordance a determination that the first user is authorized to perform the operation that turns off change tracking in the document, turning off change tracking in the document.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the instructions cause:

in response to receiving the command to turn off change tracking, and in accordance with a determination that the first user is not authorized to perform the operation that turns off change tracking in the document, maintaining change tracking in the document.