Simplifying access to documents accessed recently in a remote system
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1. A computing system comprising:
- a first digital processing system in which a user executes a first instance of a content editor application and accesses a first set of documents using the first instance, wherein the first instance of the content editor application provides a first user interface in the first digital processing system to display content of documents, wherein is a document is considered to have been accessed if content of the document is displayed in the first user interface;
a manager module to maintain a first list specifying the first set of documents accessed by the user in the first digital processing system; and
a second digital processing system, geographically distant from the first processing system, in which the user executes a second instance of the content editor application, the second instance of the content editor application being operable to;
provide a second user interface in the second digital processing system to display and edit content of a document of interest selected by the user;
receive, from within the second user interface provided by the second instance of the content editor application, a request for a recent list specifying documents recently accessed by the user using the content editor application;
retrieve the first list by interfacing with the manager module; and
display the first list along with a second list as the recent list in response to the request, wherein the second list contains a second set of documents accessed by the user using the second instance before the user executes the second instance of the content editor application, whereinthe first set of documents is different and distinct from the second set of documents,the user is able to select a specific second document from the recent list as the document of interest to display and edit content of the specific document directly in the second user interface, andthe recent list contains the documents recently accessed by the first and second instances of the content editor application, but not any other application.
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Abstract
Simplifying access to documents accessed recently on a remote system. In one embodiment, the list of documents accessed by a user using a first instance of an application in a first/remote system is maintained. The list of documents is provided/displayed to the same user when using a second instance of the same application on a second/local system, thereby facilitating the user to access the documents accessed recently on the remote system.
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1. A computing system comprising:
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a first digital processing system in which a user executes a first instance of a content editor application and accesses a first set of documents using the first instance, wherein the first instance of the content editor application provides a first user interface in the first digital processing system to display content of documents, wherein is a document is considered to have been accessed if content of the document is displayed in the first user interface; a manager module to maintain a first list specifying the first set of documents accessed by the user in the first digital processing system; and a second digital processing system, geographically distant from the first processing system, in which the user executes a second instance of the content editor application, the second instance of the content editor application being operable to; provide a second user interface in the second digital processing system to display and edit content of a document of interest selected by the user; receive, from within the second user interface provided by the second instance of the content editor application, a request for a recent list specifying documents recently accessed by the user using the content editor application; retrieve the first list by interfacing with the manager module; and display the first list along with a second list as the recent list in response to the request, wherein the second list contains a second set of documents accessed by the user using the second instance before the user executes the second instance of the content editor application, wherein the first set of documents is different and distinct from the second set of documents, the user is able to select a specific second document from the recent list as the document of interest to display and edit content of the specific document directly in the second user interface, and the recent list contains the documents recently accessed by the first and second instances of the content editor application, but not any other application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of enabling a user to edit documents, the method being performed in a second digital processing system, the method comprising:
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providing, by a second instance of a content editor application, a user interface in the second digital processing system to display and edit content of a document of interest selected by the user; receiving, from within the user interface provided by the second instance of the content editor application, a request for a recent list specifying documents recently accessed by the user using the content editor application; retrieving, by interfacing with a first digital processing system, a first list specifying a first set of documents accessed by the user using a first instance of the content editor application in the first digital processing system, wherein the first digital processing system is geographically distant from the second digital processing system; and displaying the first list along with a second list as the recent list in response to the request, wherein the second list contains a second set of documents accessed by the user using the second instance before the user executes the second instance of the content editor application, the first set of documents is different and distinct from the second set of documents, the user selects a specific document from the recent list as the document of interest to display and edit the content of the specific document directly in the user interface, and the recent list contains the documents recently accessed by the first and second instances of the content editor application, but not any other application. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions causing a second digital processing system to enable a user to edit documents, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors contained in the second digital processing system causes the second processing digital system to perform the following actions of:
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providing, by a second instance of a content editor application, a user interface in the second digital processing system to display and edit content of a document of interest selected by the user; receiving, from within the user interface provided by the second instance of the content editor application, a request for a recent list specifying documents recently accessed by the user using the content editor application; retrieving, by interfacing with a first digital processing system, a first list specifying a first set of documents accessed by the user using a first instance of the content editor application in the first digital processing system, wherein the first digital processing system is geographically distant from the second digital processing system; and displaying the first list along with a second list as the recent list in response to the request, wherein the second list contains a second set of documents accessed by the user using the second instance before the user executes the second instance of the content editor application, the first set of documents is different and distinct from the second set of documents, the user selects a specific document from the recent list as the document of interest to display and edit the content of the specific document directly in the user interface, and the recent list contains the documents recently accessed by the first and second instances of the content editor application, but not any other application. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A second digital processing system comprising:
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a processor;
a random access memory (RAM);a machine readable medium to store one or more instructions, which when retrieved into the RAM and executed by the processor causes the digital processing system to enable a user to edit documents, the digital processing system performing the following actions of; providing, by a second instance of a content editor application, a user interface in the second digital processing system to display and edit content of a document of interest selected by the user; receiving, from within the user interface provided by the editor application, a request for a recent list specifying documents recently accessed by the user using the content editor application; retrieving, by interfacing with a first digital processing system, a first list specifying a first set of documents accessed by the user using a first instance of the content editor application in the first digital processing system, wherein the first digital processing system is geographically distant from the second digital processing system; and displaying the first list along with a second list as the recent list in response to the request, wherein the second list contains a second set of documents accessed by the user using the second instance before the user executes the second instance of the content editor application, the first set of documents is different and distinct from the second set of documents, the user selects a specific document from the recent list as the document of interest to display and edit the content of the specific document directly in the user interface, and the recent list contains the documents recently accessed by the first and second instances of the content editor application, but not any other application. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions causing a second digital processing system to enable a user to edit documents, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors contained in the second digital processing system causes the second processing digital system to perform the following actions of:
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providing, by a second instance of a content editor application, a user interface in the second digital processing system to display and edit content of a document of interest selected by the user; receiving, from within the user interface provided by the second instance of the content editor application, a request for a recent list specifying documents recently accessed by the user using the content editor application; retrieving, by interfacing with a first digital processing system, a first list specifying a first set of documents accessed by the user using a first instance of the content editor application in the first digital processing system, wherein the first digital processing system is geographically distant from the second digital processing system; displaying the first list along with a second list as the recent list in response to the request, wherein the second list contains a second set of documents accessed by the user using the second instance before the user executes the second instance of the content editor application, the first set of documents is different and distinct from the second set of documents, the user selects a specific document from the recent list as the document of interest to display and edit the content of the specific document directly in the user interface, and the first list is stored associated with an identifier of the content editor application, and the first list is retrieved upon receiving a request for the first list based on the identifier from the second instance of the content editor application. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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