Collaboration components for sharing content from electronic documents
US11700292B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 14, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1095
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In various implementations, a productivity application allows selected content from an electronic document to be shared with and edited by multiple users through instances of a collaboration component. The collaboration component includes a distributed data structure that stores state information about the shared content. The component also includes application logic for managing the state information to reflect user edits and other such changes. This allows the selected content to be shared with the users in any application that supports the collaboration component and without the entirety of the document having to be shared. A user can experience the content in the context of applications other than the productivity application that hosts the document.
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