US 11,599,250 B1Granted

Text editor and integrated outline tool linked through a shared document data structure

AssigneeLuminate Universal Education Systems, Ltd

InventorsJulian Peterson, John Matthew Tennant, Dan Lyn Kew, Jillian Vardy, Jordan Peterson

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Abstract

An apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores a document that includes a sequence of parts. Each part includes one or more strings of text. The processor displays a sequence of elements and the sequence of parts on a GUI. Each element corresponds to a part and is located at a position within the sequence of elements matching a position of the corresponding part within the sequence of parts. The processor receives information associated with a repositioning of a first element, corresponding to a first part, from a first to a second position within the sequence of elements. In response, the processor updates the sequence of elements by moving the first element from the first position to the second position, and updates the sequence of parts by moving the first part from a matching first position to a matching second position within the sequence of parts.

Claims21

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of strings of text associated with a page of a document and grouped into a sequence of parts, each part of the sequence of parts comprising one or more strings of text of the plurality of strings of text;
a hardware processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the hardware processor configured to:
display a user interface on a display screen, the user interface comprising:
a first region displaying a sequence of elements, each element of the sequence of elements corresponding to a part of the sequence of parts and located at a position within the sequence of elements matching a position of the corresponding part within the sequence of parts;
and
a second region displaying the page of the document, wherein displaying the page of the document comprises displaying the sequence of parts;
receive information associated with a repositioning of a first element of the sequence of elements from a first position within the sequence of elements to a second position within the sequence of elements, the first element corresponding to a first part of the sequence of parts;
and
in response to receiving the information associated with the repositioning of the first element:
update the sequence of elements displayed in the first region of the user interface by moving the first element from the first position within the sequence of elements to the second position within the sequence of elements;
and
update the page of the document displayed in the second region of the user interface by moving the first part from a first position within the sequence of parts displayed in the second region to a second position within the sequence of parts displayed in the second region, the first position within the sequence of parts matching the first position within the sequence of elements, the second position within the sequence of parts matching the second position within the sequence of elements;
and
receive information associated with a creation of a variant of a string of text included in the first part of the sequence of parts;
and
in response to receiving the information associated with the creation of the variant of the string of text included in the first part of the sequence of parts, update the sequence of elements displayed in the first region to include an updated first element displaying both a previous version of the string of text included in the first part of the sequence of parts and the variant of the string of text included in the first part of the sequence of parts.

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A method comprising:

displaying a user interface, the user interface comprising:
a first region displaying a sequence of elements;
and
a second region displaying a page of a document comprising a plurality of strings of text, wherein displaying the page of the document comprises displaying a sequence of parts, wherein:
each part of the sequence of parts comprises one or more strings of text of the plurality of strings of text;
and
each element of the sequence of elements corresponds to a part of the sequence of parts and is located at a position within the sequence of elements that matches a position of the corresponding part within the sequence of parts;
and
receiving information associated with a repositioning of a first element of the sequence of elements from a first position within the sequence of elements to a second position within the sequence of elements, the first element corresponding to a first part of the sequence of parts;
in response to receiving the information associated with the repositioning of the first element:
updating the sequence of elements displayed in the first region of the user interface by moving the first element from the first position within the sequence of elements to the second position within the sequence of elements;
and
updating the page of the document displayed in the second region of the user interface by moving the first part from a first position within the sequence of parts displayed in the second region to a second position within the sequence of parts displayed in the second region, the first position within the sequence of parts matching the first position within the sequence of elements, the second position within the sequence of parts matching the second position within the sequence of elements;
and
receiving information associated with a creation of a variant of a string of text included in the first part of the sequence of parts;
and
in response to receiving the information associated with the creation of the variant of the string of text included in the first part of the sequence of parts, updating the sequence of elements displayed in the first region to include an updated first element displaying both a previous version of the string of text included in the first part of the sequence of parts and the variant of the string of text included in the first part of the sequence of parts.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instruction that, when executed by a hardware processor, cause the processor to:

display a user interface, the user interface comprising:
a first region displaying a sequence of elements;
and
a second region displaying a page of a document comprising a plurality of strings of text, wherein displaying the page of the document comprises displaying a sequence of parts, wherein:
each part of the sequence of parts comprises one or more strings of text of the plurality of strings of text;
and
each element of the sequence of elements corresponds to a part of the sequence of parts and is located at a position within the sequence of elements that matches a position of the corresponding part within the sequence of parts;
and
receive information associated with a repositioning of a first element of the sequence of elements from a first position within the sequence of elements to a second position within the sequence of elements, the first element corresponding to a first part of the sequence of parts;
in response to receiving the information associated with the repositioning of the first element:
update the sequence of elements displayed in the first region of the user interface by moving the first element from the first position within the sequence of elements to the second position within the sequence of elements;
and
update the page of the document displayed in the second region of the user interface by moving the first part from a first position within the sequence of parts displayed in the second region to a second position within the sequence of parts displayed in the second region, the first position within the sequence of parts matching the first position within the sequence of elements, the second position within the sequence of parts matching the second position within the sequence of elements;
and
receive information associated with a creation of a variant of a string of text included in the first part of the sequence of parts;
and
in response to receiving the information associated with the creation of the variant of the string of text included in the first part of the sequence of parts, update the sequence of elements displayed in the first region to include an updated first element displaying both a previous version of the string of text included in the first part of the sequence of parts and the variant of the string of text included in the first part of the sequence of parts.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/519,151Filed 4 Nov 2021
Granted: 7 Mar 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06F 3/0483
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 3/04842
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
G06F 40/131
Use of codes for handling textual entities: fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using…