Providing collaboration communication tools within document editor

US10409901B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ruth Kikin-Gil · Redmond, US
• Patrick Davis · Greentown, US
• Shikha Devesh Desai · Minneapolis, US
• Seyit Yilmaz · Redmond, US
• Wesley Hodgson · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2015
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L51/216
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Collaboration communication tools within a document editor are provided. An application such as a document authoring application displays a document and a communication panel adjacent to the document. The communication panel presents a conversation associated with the document. Communications and/or conversations associated with the documents may be obtained from different applications and aggregated to be presented in conjunction with the document. A new entry is detected for an insertion into the conversation associated with the document. The new entry is inserted into the conversation. An insertion of a section of the document into the conversation is also detected. The section of the document is tracked. The section of the document is displayed embedded into the conversation within the communication panel.