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1. A computer-implemented method for editing an electronic document, comprising:
- receiving, from a first user, an input associated with a first portion of the electronic document;
identifying a second user associated with content of the first portion of the electronic document, wherein the second user is associated with the first portion of the document based on an input the second user provides to the first portion of the document;
identifying a third user associated with content of a second portion of the electronic document;
determining a set of users that have provided other input to the first portion of the document;
transmitting a notification regarding the input to the set of users; and
automatically excluding the third user from the notification regarding the input to the first portion of the electronic document.
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Abstract
A collaborative document editing system receives an input to a document from a first user. The collaborative document editing system identifies a portion of the document associated with the input and a set of users associated with the identified portion of the document. The collaborative document editing system applies the input to the document and transmits a notification regarding the input to members of the identified set of users other than the first user.
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1. A computer-implemented method for editing an electronic document, comprising:
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receiving, from a first user, an input associated with a first portion of the electronic document; identifying a second user associated with content of the first portion of the electronic document, wherein the second user is associated with the first portion of the document based on an input the second user provides to the first portion of the document; identifying a third user associated with content of a second portion of the electronic document; determining a set of users that have provided other input to the first portion of the document; transmitting a notification regarding the input to the set of users; and automatically excluding the third user from the notification regarding the input to the first portion of the electronic document. - 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 of electronic document collaboration, comprising:
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a document database for storing a plurality of electronic documents; a user database for storing information regarding a plurality of users; a communications processor for receiving document input from a plurality of users and sending notifications to a plurality of users; and a document processor in communication with the document database, the user database, and the communications processor, wherein the document processor is configured to; identify a first portion of an electronic document associated with an input received from a first user, identify a second user associated with content of the identified first portion of the electronic document, wherein the second user is associated with the first portion of the document based on an input the second user provides to the first portion of the document; identify a third user associated with content of a second portion of the electronic document; determine a set of users that have provided input to the first portion of the document; generate a notification regarding the input to the set of users; and automatically exclude the third user from the notification regarding the input to the first portion of the electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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