Crowdsourcing for documents and forms

US10365780B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Adobe Inc. · US

Inventors

• Yash Kumar Gupta · Agra, IN
• Lalit Vohra · New Delhi, IN
• Abhishek Modi · West Chester, US
• Aditya Kumar Pandey · New Delhi, IN
• Ankit Pangasa · Rohini, IN
• Frederic Thevenet · San Francisco, US
• Kirk B. Gould · Cupertino, US
• Mohit Bansal · Sidhauli, IN
• Nishant Kaushik · Jersey City, US
• David Rudi Sherry · San Jose, US
• Steve Dakin · San Jose, US
• Vishal Gupta · Portage, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 2014
• Grant date: Jul 30, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/10
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for making an electronic document easier to use based on prior interactions with the same or a similar document by other users. An electronic document is presented to one or more users in an interactive environment. Interactions between the users and the document can be recorded as usage data. The usage data may represent one or more operations performed on the electronic document by the users. Based on the usage data, an enhanced user interaction feature associated with the document is configured. The electronic document and the enhanced user interaction feature are then presented to another user in another interactive environment. The enhanced user interaction feature makes using the document easier than it would be if the feature was not present, particularly for users who are unfamiliar with the document.