Simultaneous editing/accessing of content by collaborator invitation through a web-based or mobile application to a cloud-based collaboration platform
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing, in a user interface, an element for requesting a creation of a shared document in a folder shared among collaborators in a cloud-based collaboration platform,wherein the shared document is concurrently accessible by the collaborators in real time via their respective physical devices;
in response to a detection of an action to create the shared document for a concurrent access,generating the shared document,presenting the shared document to each of the collaborators for viewing or accessing in real time,wherein the presentation of the shared document includes a content portion and a margin portion adjacent to the content portion;
wherein each of the collaborators is able to view, edit, and modify the content portion of the shared document concurrently using the collaborator'"'"'s respective physical device, andwherein edits or modifications made to the content portion of the shared document by a particular collaborator are accessible to other collaborators at their respective physical devices in real time,marking a current position of editing the content portion of the shared document by each of the collaborators,wherein the current position marking identifies each of the collaborators with a photo enclosed in a frame of a color associated with each of the collaborators;
wherein the markings for each of the collaborators are presented in the margin portion of the shared document and aligned with their respective current positions of editing the content portion of the shared document, so as not to obstruct the presentation of the content portion of the shared document to other collaborators; and
wherein if two or more collaborators are editing a same line or paragraph in the content portion of the shared document, their respective markings are presented next to each other in the margin portion;
identifying an active editing in the content portion of the shared document by the particular collaborator at the particular collaborator'"'"'s current position, andresponsive to identifying the active editing by the particular collaborator, modifying the particular collaborator'"'"'s current position marking such that the marking identifies the particular collaborator with a string including the particular collaborator'"'"'s name in addition to the photo enclosed in the frame of the color associated with the particular collaborator and such that the photo is repeatedly flashed while the particular collaborator is actively editing.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for a web or mobile interface enabling users and collaborators to simultaneously comment, edit, or edit content in real time or near real time managed by a cloud-based collaboration platform. In one embodiment, the data to be accessed concurrently is presented or depicted at the multiple physical devices to the collaborators for viewing and accessing the data in real time or near real time. Each of the collaborators is able to view, re-edit, or re-modify in a concurrent fashion, at the collaborator'"'"'s physical device, edits or modifications made to the data in real time or near real time as a result of any of the other collaborators accessing the data at their respective physical devices. In some instances, additional collaborators are specifiable for the data created for concurrent real time access in addition to those originally associated with the folder.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing, in a user interface, an element for requesting a creation of a shared document in a folder shared among collaborators in a cloud-based collaboration platform, wherein the shared document is concurrently accessible by the collaborators in real time via their respective physical devices; in response to a detection of an action to create the shared document for a concurrent access, generating the shared document, presenting the shared document to each of the collaborators for viewing or accessing in real time, wherein the presentation of the shared document includes a content portion and a margin portion adjacent to the content portion; wherein each of the collaborators is able to view, edit, and modify the content portion of the shared document concurrently using the collaborator'"'"'s respective physical device, and wherein edits or modifications made to the content portion of the shared document by a particular collaborator are accessible to other collaborators at their respective physical devices in real time, marking a current position of editing the content portion of the shared document by each of the collaborators, wherein the current position marking identifies each of the collaborators with a photo enclosed in a frame of a color associated with each of the collaborators; wherein the markings for each of the collaborators are presented in the margin portion of the shared document and aligned with their respective current positions of editing the content portion of the shared document, so as not to obstruct the presentation of the content portion of the shared document to other collaborators; and wherein if two or more collaborators are editing a same line or paragraph in the content portion of the shared document, their respective markings are presented next to each other in the margin portion; identifying an active editing in the content portion of the shared document by the particular collaborator at the particular collaborator'"'"'s current position, and responsive to identifying the active editing by the particular collaborator, modifying the particular collaborator'"'"'s current position marking such that the marking identifies the particular collaborator with a string including the particular collaborator'"'"'s name in addition to the photo enclosed in the frame of the color associated with the particular collaborator and such that the photo is repeatedly flashed while the particular collaborator is actively editing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system, comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more memory units, the one or more memory units having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to; provide in a first generated graphical user interface (GUI), a graphical element for requesting a creation of a shared document in a folder shared among collaborators in a cloud-based collaboration platform, wherein the shared document is concurrently accessible by the collaborators in real time via their respective physical devices; in response to a detection of an action to create the shared document for a concurrent access, generate the shared document, and present the shared document to each of the collaborators for viewing or accessing in real time, wherein the presentation of the shared document includes a content portion and a margin portion adjacent to the content portion; wherein each of the collaborators is able to view, edit, or modify the content portion of the shared document concurrently via the collaborator'"'"'s respective physical device, and any edits or modifications made to the content portion of the shared document by a particular collaborator are accessible to other collaborators via their respective physical devices; mark a current position of editing the content portion of the shared document by each of the collaborators, wherein the current position marking identifies each of the collaborators with a photo enclosed in a frame of a color associated with each of the collaborators; and wherein the markings for each of the collaborators are presented in the margin portion of the shared document and aligned with the respective current position of editing the content portion of the shared document by, so as not to obstruct the presentation of the content portion of the shared document to other collaborators; and wherein if two or more collaborators are editing a same line or paragraph in the content portion of the shared document, their respective markings are presented next to each other in the margin portion; identify an active editing in the content portion of the shared document by the particular collaborator at the particular collaborator'"'"'s current position, and responsive to identifying the active editing by the particular collaborator, modifying the particular collaborator'"'"'s current position marking such that the marking identifies the particular collaborator with a string including the particular collaborator'"'"'s name in addition to the photo enclosed in the frame of the color associated with the particular collaborator, wherein the photo associated with the particular collaborator is repeatedly flashed while the particular collaborator is actively editing. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor of a system, direct the system to:
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provide a user interface including an element for requesting a creation of a shared document in a folder shared among collaborators in a cloud-based collaboration platform, wherein the shared document is concurrently accessible to the collaborators in real time via their respective physical devices; detect an action to create the shared document for a concurrent access; in response to the detection, generate the shared document, and present the shared document to each of the collaborators for accessing in real time, wherein the presentation of the shared document includes a content portion and a margin portion adjacent to the content portion; wherein each of the collaborators is able to view, edit, and modify the shared document concurrently using the collaborator'"'"'s respective physical device, and wherein edits or modifications made to the content portion of the shared document by a particular collaborator are accessible to other collaborators at their respective physical devices in real time, and mark a current position of editing the content portion of the shared document by each of the collaborators, wherein the current position marking identifies each of the collaborators with a photo enclosed in a frame of a color associated with each of the collaborators; wherein the markings for each of the collaborators are presented in the margin portion of the shared document and aligned with their respective current positions of editing the content portion of the shared document, so as not to obstruct the presentation of the content portion of the shared document to other collaborators; and wherein if two or more collaborators are editing a same line or paragraph in the content portion of the shared document, their respective markings are presented next to each other in the margin portion; identify an active editing in the content portion of the shared document by the particular collaborator at the particular collaborator'"'"'s current position, and responsive to identifying the active editing by the particular collaborator, modify the particular collaborator'"'"'s current position marking such that the marking identifies the particular collaborator with a string including the collaborator'"'"'s name in addition to the photo enclosed in the frame of the color associated with the particular collaborator and such that the photo is repeatedly flashed while the particular collaborator is actively editing. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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