Representation of last viewed or last modified portion of a document
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- storing, for each one of a plurality of documents, an indication of a last accessed portion of the document, wherein the last accessed portion of the document is less than the entire document; and
displaying, simultaneously for each one of the plurality of documents, a single respective graphical representation for the document to a selected one of a plurality of users, whereinthe single respective graphical representation for the document is a representation of only the last accessed portion of the document,the last accessed portion of the document depends on user-specific data that corresponds to an interaction of the selected user with the document,the indication of the last accessed portion of the document is stored as user-specific metadata, anddifferent users who browse the plurality of documents see different graphical representations of a same document based on the user-specific metadata.
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for storing the settings of a last edited page or a last viewed page of a document and preprocessing the document to generate a thumbnail of the document. In an embodiment of the invention, the thumbnail comprises a representation of the last edited page or last viewed page of the document.
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22 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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storing, for each one of a plurality of documents, an indication of a last accessed portion of the document, wherein the last accessed portion of the document is less than the entire document; and displaying, simultaneously for each one of the plurality of documents, a single respective graphical representation for the document to a selected one of a plurality of users, wherein the single respective graphical representation for the document is a representation of only the last accessed portion of the document, the last accessed portion of the document depends on user-specific data that corresponds to an interaction of the selected user with the document, the indication of the last accessed portion of the document is stored as user-specific metadata, and different users who browse the plurality of documents see different graphical representations of a same document based on the user-specific metadata. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, storing program instructions executable on a computer to perform:
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storing, for each one of a plurality of documents, an indication of a last accessed portion of the document, wherein the last accessed portion of the document is less than the entire document; and displaying, simultaneously for each one of the plurality of documents, a single respective graphical representation for the document to a selected one of a plurality of users, wherein the single respective graphical representation for the document is a representation of only the last accessed portion of the document, the last accessed portion of the document depends on user-specific data that corresponds to an interaction of the selected user with the document, the indication of the last accessed portion of the document is stored as user-specific metadata, and different users who browse the plurality of documents see different graphical representations of a same document based on the user-specific metadata. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the memory comprises program instructions executable by the processor to; store, for each one of a plurality of documents, an indication of a last accessed portion of the document, wherein the last accessed portion of the document is less than the entire document; and display, simultaneously for each one of the plurality of documents, a single respective graphical representation for the document to a selected one of a plurality of users, wherein the single respective graphical representation for the document is a representation of only the last accessed portion of the document, the last accessed portion of the document depends on user-specific data that corresponds to an interaction of the selected user with the document, the indication of the last accessed portion of the document is stored as user-specific metadata, and different users who browse the plurality of documents see different graphical representations of a same document based on the user-specific metadata. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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storing, for each one of a plurality of documents, an indication of a last accessed portion of the document; and displaying to a user, simultaneously for each one of the plurality of documents, a single respective graphical representation for the document without opening the document, wherein the single respective graphical representation for the document is a representation of the last accessed portion of the document, the displaying occurs without at least one of the document or the graphical representation for the document being interacted upon by the user, the indication of the last accessed portion of the document is stored as user-specific metadata, and different users who browse the plurality of documents see different graphical representations of a same document based on the user-specific metadata. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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