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Live editing and publishing of documents within a content management system using a hybrid draft authorization workflow

  • US 9,864,876 B2
  • Filed: 04/12/2016
  • Issued: 01/09/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for live editing and publishing of documents within a content management system using a hybrid draft authorization workflow, comprising:

  • a hybrid-draft hierarchy including page entries for pages processed by the system, wherein an individual page entry of the page entries includes;

    (i) a content identifier, and (ii) at least one of a draft page identifier or a published page identifier; and

    a content workflow server computer comprising a processor, a memory, and a plurality of programming instructions stored in the memory and operable on the processor, wherein the plurality of programming instructions is configured to;

    assign permissions for device protocols and accessibility to pages;

    receive, from a first computing device, a request to edit an existing page of content, wherein a page entry for the existing page in the hybrid-draft hierarchy includes;

    (i) an identifier for the existing page, (ii) an identifier for a draft page created by the request, and (iii) an identifier for the content, wherein the draft page includes the content of the existing page;

    store, in a draft database, the draft page in association with the identifier for the draft page created by the request;

    receive, from a second computing device, a request to edit the content including the identifier for the content;

    retrieve, from the hybrid-draft hierarchy, the identifier for the draft page based at least on the identifier for the content;

    determine that the first computing device has completed editing of the draft page based at least in part on a record included in a version control database;

    authorize the second computing device to edit the draft page based at least in part on a permission for device protocols and accessibility to pages;

    retrieve, from the draft database, the draft page based at least in part on the identifier retrieved from the hybrid-draft hierarchy; and

    transmit the draft page to the second computing device for editing,wherein the content workflow server allows creation of content directly as a published document and allows live editing of published documents in real time.

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