US 11,698,983 B2Granted

Permission management of cloud-based documents

AssigneeSalesforce, Inc.

InventorsDrew Hamlin, Andrew Chung, William Joseph Flynn, III

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Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for managing cloud-based document permissions. In an embodiment, a document generation system may generate and/or store a cloud-based document. The document generation system may also generate links to the cloud-based document. The generated links may be associated with different permissions. For example, a first link may allow a first client device accessing the first link to edit the document while a second link may allow a second client device accessing the second link to only view the document. Other permissions may also include generating distinct graphical user interfaces (GUIs) associated with different links. The GUIs may accept input messages and/or comments in a chat panel. The document generation system may facilitate the delivery of these input messages to other client device with document access.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a memory;
and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a client device, a request to access a document associated with a link, wherein:
a permission for the client device to access the document is embedded in the link:
the permission includes a first access permission and a second access permission different from the first access permission;
the first access permission comprises displaying a first chat panel including a first comment to the document and a second chat panel including a second comment to the document;
and
the second access permission comprises concealing the first chat panel and displaying the second chat panel;
and
responsive to receiving the request to access the document associated with the link:
causing display, on the client device, of the document concurrently with the first and second chat panels associated with the document responsive to the link having the first access permission, wherein the first chat panel includes at least one of messages from users associated with the document or edits made to the document;
and
causing display, on the client device, of the document while concealing the first chat panel and displaying the second chat panel responsive to the link having the second access permission.

11 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a client device, a request to access a document associated with a link, wherein:
a permission for the client device to access the document is embedded in the link;
the permission includes a first access permission and a second access permission different from the first access permission;
the first access permission comprises displaying a first chat panel including a first comment to the document and a second chat panel including a second comment to the document;
and
the second access permission comprises concealing the first chat panel and displaying the second chat panel;
and
responsive to receiving the request to access the document associated with the link:
causing display, on the client device, of the document concurrently with the first and second chat panels associated with the document responsive to the link having the first access permission, wherein the first chat panel includes at least one of messages from users associated with the document or edits made to the document;
and
causing display, on the client device, of the document while concealing the first chat panel and displaying the second chat panel responsive to the link having the second access permission.

8 more elements

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, from a client device, a request to access a document associated with a link wherein:
a permission for the client device to access the document is embedded in the link;
the permission includes a first access permission and a second access permission different from the first access permission;
the first access permission comprises displaying a first chat panel including a first comment to the document and a second chat panel including a second comment to the document;
and
the second access permission comprises concealing the first chat panel and displaying the second chat panel;
and
responsive to receiving the request to access the document associated with the link:
causing display, on the client device, of the document concurrently with the first and second chat panels associated with the document responsive to the link having the first access permission, wherein the first chat panel includes at least one of messages from users associated with the document or edits made to the document;
and
causing display, on the client device, of the document while concealing the first chat panel and displaying the second chat panel responsive to the link having the second access permission.

8 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/952,451Filed 19 Nov 2020 · continuation
Priority: 29 Jun 2017
Published: US 2021/0073398 A111 Mar 2021
Granted: 11 Jul 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G06F 21/604
Protecting data: tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
G06F 16/93
Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types: document management systems
G06F 21/6218
Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules: to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file…
H04L 63/101
For controlling access to devices or network resources: access control lists [ACL]

Family

Application15/637,762Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jun 2017
US 2021/0073398 A1Pre-grant publication · published 11 Mar 2021
US 10,860,729 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2019/0005251 A1Published application
US 11,698,983 B2This patent

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