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Systems and methods for resolving privileged edits within suggested edits

  • US 9,971,752 B2
  • Filed: 08/19/2013
  • Issued: 05/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for incorporating a second edit into a first edit in an electronic document, comprising:

  • receiving, by a processor of a review manager, the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, the review manager managing concurrent updates to the electronic document by multiple users comprising a first user and a second user, the review manager comprising a processor and a memory unit;

    identifying, by the processor of the review manager, a shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document;

    determining, by the processor of the review manager based on the shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, whether the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit by determining whether the first edit is made by the first user with a first set of permissions and the second edit is made by the second user with a second set of permissions larger than the first set of permissions;

    responsive to determining, based on the shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, that the second edit is not privileged relative to the first edit, requiring, by the processor of the review manager, the second edit to be independently accepted prior to incorporating the second edit into the first edit; and

    responsive to determining, based on the shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, that the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit, incorporating, by the processor of the review manager, the second edit into the first edit without requiring the second edit to be independently accepted, and responsive to receiving an acceptance of the first edit from an editor of the electronic document, causing, by the processor of the review manager, the first edit and the second edit to be automatically accepted.

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