Automatic generation of assent indication in a document approval function for collaborative document editing

• US 9,892,092 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2015
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Stern, Edith H., Weir, Robert C., Willner, Barry E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zuberi, Mohammed-Ibrahim
• Application Number:
  US14/855,378
• Publication Number:
  US 20160004670A1
• Time in Patent Office: 881 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method for generating an assent indication in a document approval and review function can include loading a document for editing in a document editor and determining a set of authors for the document. The method also can include modifying a title of the document to include an identity of at least one of the authors in the set. Finally, the method can include changing a visual appearance in the title of an identity of the assenting author responsive to one of the authors in the set assenting to a publication of the document.

Claims

1. A method for generating an assent indication in a document approval and review function for collaborative document editing, the method comprising:

loading into a memory of a computer a document for editing in a document editor;

determining, by the processor of the computer, a set of authors for the document comprising one of inspecting author supplied tags associated with the document, receiving an indication from a user indicating one or more authors of the document, and inspecting the document to infer authorship by locating terms indicating authorship within the document;

modifying, a title of the document, by the processor of the computer, by appending an identity of each author in the determined set of authors to the title of the document; and

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responsive to one of the authors in the determined set of authors assenting to a publication of the document, changing a visual appearance in the modified title of an identity of the assenting author by removing the identity of the assenting author from the modified title of the document resulting in leaving the identity of each author in the determined sets authors that has yet to assent to the publication of the document in the modified title of the document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication from the user indicating one or more authors of the document comprises presenting the user a dialog box prompting for a specification of the one or more authors of the document upon loading the document for editing.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the visual appearance in the modified title of the identity of the assenting author comprises decorating the identity of the assenting author in the modified title with an icon.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the visual appearance in the modified title of the identity of the assenting author comprises changing one of a font, font style, font background and font color of the identity of the assenting author in the modified title.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying a tag to the modified title indicating assent in response to one of the authors in the determined set of authors assenting to the publication of the document.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the icon is a check mark.

7. A document editing data processing system comprising:

a computer having a memory and at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to

load into a memory of a computer a document for editing in a document editor;

determine a set of authors for the document comprising one of inspecting author supplied tags associated with the document, receiving an indication from a user indicating one or more authors of the document, and inspecting the document to infer authorship by locating terms indicating authorship within the document;

modify a title of the document by appending an identity of each author in the determined set of authors to the title of the document; and

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responsive to one of the authors in the determined set of authors assenting to a publication of the document, change a visual appearance in the modified title of an identity of the assenting author by removing the identity of the assenting author from the modified title of the document resulting in leaving the identity of each author in the determined set of authors that has yet to assent to the publication of the document in the modified title of the document.

8. The document editing data processing of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor configured to receive the indication from the user indicating one or more authors of the document comprises the at least one processor being configured to present the user a dialog box prompting for a specification of the one or more authors of the document upon loading the document for editing.

9. The document editing data processing of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor configured to change the visual appearance in the modified title of the identity of the assenting author comprises the at least one processor being configured to decorate the identity of the assenting author in the modified title with an icon.

10. The document editing data processing of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor configured to change the visual appearance in the modified title of the identity of the assenting author comprises the at least one processor being configured to change one of a font, font style, font background and font color of the identity of the assenting author in the modified title.

11. The document editing data processing of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to apply a tag to the modified title indicating assent in response to one of the authors in the determined set of authors assenting to the publication of the document.

12. The document editing data processing of claim 9, wherein the icon is a check mark.

13. A computer program product for generating an assent indication in a document approval and review function for collaborative document editing, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer usable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising;

computer usable program code for loading into a memory of a computer a document for editing in a document editor;

computer usable program code for determining a set of authors for the document comprising one of inspecting author supplied tags associated with the document, receiving an indication from a user indicating one or more authors of the document, and inspecting the document to infer authorship by locating terms indicating authorship within the document;

computer usable program code for modifying, a title of the document, by appending an identity of each author in the determined set of authors to the title of the document; and

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computer usable program code for, responsive to one of the authors in the determined set of authors assenting to a publication of the document, changing a visual appearance in the modified title of an identity of the assenting author by removing the identity of the assenting author from the modified title of the document resulting in leaving the identity of each author in the determined set of authors that has yet to assent to the publication of the document in the modified title of the document.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable program code for receiving the indication from the user indicating one or more authors of the document comprises computer usable program code for presenting the user a dialog box prompting for a specification of the one or more authors of the document upon loading the document for editing.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable program code for changing the visual appearance in the modified title of the identity of the assenting author comprises computer usable program code for decorating the identity of the assenting author in the modified title with an icon.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable program code for changing the visual appearance in the modified title of the identity of the assenting author comprises computer usable program code for changing one of a font, font style, font background and font color of the identity of the assenting author in the modified title.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising computer usable program code for applying a tag to the modified title indicating assent in response to one of the authors in the determined set of authors assenting to the publication of the document.