US 2006/0136432 A1 · Method and system for controlling software to facilitate cross-version collaboration of files

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for controlling elements of computing systems including operating systems, software applications and different versions of software applications to better facilitate cross-application and cross-version collaboration of files. Elements within a computing system, for example, operating systems, applications, or particular versions of an application, are reconfigured at application start time or document start time so that individual elements may interact with existing files of an otherwise different computing system or such that individual elements may generate or edit files targeted at otherwise different computing systems.

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Dependent claims

A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer perform a method of modifying the features or functionalities of a software application to facilitate improved document compatibility with other software applications or other software application versions, comprising:

launching a first software application for preparing a document for use by a second software application;
determining whether any features or functionalities of the first application that may be applied to the document are not compatible with features or functionalities available from the second software application;
and
configuring the first application so that any features or functionalities of the first application that may be applied to the document that are not compatible with features or functionalities available from the second application may not be applied to the document.

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A method of modifying the features and functionalities of a software application to facilitate improved document compatibility with other software applications, comprising:

launching a first software application for preparing a computer-generated document;
opening the computer-generated document with the first software application;
determining whether the document was generated by a second software application having a compatibility configuration for defining features or functionalities available from the second software application that may be applied to the document;
and
if the document was generated by a second software application having a compatibility configuration for defining features or functionalities available from the second software application that may be applied to the document, applying the compatibility configuration applied to the second software application to the first software application.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for controlling software to facilitate cross-version collaboration of files

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Method and system for controlling software to facilitate cross-version collaboration of files

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