Tracking changes in collaborative authoring environment
First Claim
1. A method to be executed in a computing device for tracking changes in a collaborative authoring environment, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more of an edit and a comment associated with a collaboratively created content;
receiving a request for viewing changes associated with the collaboratively created content;
displaying a summary of edits and comments associated with the collaboratively created content;
in response to selection of one of the edits and comments, displaying details of the selected one of the edits and comments, wherein the details include a co-author responsible for the selected one of the edits and comments; and
enabling an author who is viewing the selected one of the edits and comments to communicate with the co-author and assign the selected one of the edits and comments to another co-author.
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Abstract
Change tracking and collaborative communication are provided in authoring content in a collaborative environment. Monitored changes, comments, and similar input by the collaborating authors may be presented on demand or automatically to each author based on changes and/or comments that affect a particular author, that author'"'"'s portion of collaborated content, type of changes/comments, or similar criteria. Change and/or comments notification may be provided in a complementary user interface of the collaborative authoring application or through a separate communication application such as email or text messaging.
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20 Claims
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1. A method to be executed in a computing device for tracking changes in a collaborative authoring environment, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more of an edit and a comment associated with a collaboratively created content; receiving a request for viewing changes associated with the collaboratively created content; displaying a summary of edits and comments associated with the collaboratively created content; in response to selection of one of the edits and comments, displaying details of the selected one of the edits and comments, wherein the details include a co-author responsible for the selected one of the edits and comments; and enabling an author who is viewing the selected one of the edits and comments to communicate with the co-author and assign the selected one of the edits and comments to another co-author. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computing device for tracking changes in a collaborative authoring environment, the computing device comprising:
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a memory; a processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing a collaborative authoring application, wherein the collaborative authoring application is configured to; receive one or more of an edit and a comment associated with a collaboratively created content; display a summary of edits and comments associated with the collaboratively created content in response to determining a return of the author to the collaborative authoring environment, detecting a selection of a portion of the content, and detecting an activation of a change view on a collaborative authoring application user interface (UI); in response to selection of one of the edits and comments, display details of the selected one of the edits and comments, wherein the details include a co-author responsible for the selected on of the edits and comments; and enable an author who is viewing the selected one of the edits and comments to communicate with the co-author and assign one of the selected one of the edits and comments to another co-author. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable memory device with instructions stored thereon for tracking changes in a collaborative authoring environment, the instructions comprising:
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receiving one or more of an edit and a comment associated with a collaboratively created content; displaying a summary of edits and comments associated with the collaboratively created content in response to determining a return of the author to the collaborative authoring environment, detecting a selection of a portion of the content, and detecting an activation of a change view on a collaborative authoring application user interface (UI); in response to selection of one of the edits and comments, displaying details of the selected one of the edits and comments, wherein the details include a co-author of the selected one of the edits and comments; and enabling an author who is viewing the selected one of the edits and comments to communicate with the co-author through one or more of messages on a portion of the collaborative authoring application UI, an email, a text message, a publication to a social network, a publication to a professional network, and a publication to a blog and assign the selected one of the edits and comments to another co-author. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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