HIERARCHICAL DISPLAY AND NAVIGATION OF DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORIES
First Claim
1. A method for generating and displaying video data representing a workflow history of an electronic document, the method comprising:
- capturing a plurality of frames of video data, wherein each frame of the video data corresponds to a different screenshot of an application window associated with an application that is configured to modify the document;
accessing a plurality of data objects stored in a memory, wherein each data object stores information relating to a different event generated by the application;
associating each data object in the plurality of data objects with at least one frame of the video data, wherein, for each data object, the at least one frame of video data was captured at substantially the same time as when the event associated with the data object was generated by the application; and
causing the plurality of frames to be displayed in a video playback window.
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Abstract
A system and technique for displaying a document'"'"'s workflow history are disclosed. The system includes a graphical user interface for displaying one or more graphical representations of events generated by an application configured to edit a document. Each of the events generated by the application may be stored in a data structure that is associated with one or more portions of the document. The data structure may also be associated with a digital image that reflects the state of the document at the time the event was generated and one or more frames of digital video captured substantially simultaneously with the generation of the event. The system may display the stored events via graphical representations in the graphical user interface that represent a portion of the total document workflow history. A user may navigate through the graphical events based on a hierarchical algorithm for clustering events.
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1. A method for generating and displaying video data representing a workflow history of an electronic document, the method comprising:
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capturing a plurality of frames of video data, wherein each frame of the video data corresponds to a different screenshot of an application window associated with an application that is configured to modify the document; accessing a plurality of data objects stored in a memory, wherein each data object stores information relating to a different event generated by the application; associating each data object in the plurality of data objects with at least one frame of the video data, wherein, for each data object, the at least one frame of video data was captured at substantially the same time as when the event associated with the data object was generated by the application; and causing the plurality of frames to be displayed in a video playback window. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable storage medium containing a program which, when executed, performs an operation for generating and displaying video data representing a workflow history of an electronic document, the operation comprising:
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capturing a plurality of frames of video data, wherein each frame of the video data corresponds to a different screenshot of an application window associated with an application that is configured to modify the document; accessing a plurality of data objects stored in a memory, wherein each data object stores information relating to a different event generated by the application; associating each data object in the plurality of data objects with at least one frame of the video data, wherein, for each data object, the at least one frame of video data was captured at substantially the same time as when the event associated with the data object was generated by the application; and causing the plurality of frames to be displayed in a video playback window. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for generating and displaying video data representing a workflow history of an electronic document, the system comprising:
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a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to; capture a plurality of frames of video data, wherein each frame of the video data corresponds to a different screenshot of an application window associated with an application that is configured to modify the document; access a plurality of data objects stored in a memory, wherein each data object stores information relating to a different event generated by the application; associate each data object in the plurality of data objects with at least one frame of the video data, wherein, for each data object, the at least one frame of video data was captured at substantially the same time as when the event associated with the data object was generated by the application; and cause the plurality of frames to be displayed in a video playback window. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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