Method and system for highlighting modified content in a shared document
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsBenoit Barabe, Christopher Pratley, Peter Baer
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Abstract
A shared document is displayed in a customized form with highlighted content that identifies significant portions of the document. The highlighted content draws a user's attention to the portions of the document that may have been modified, deleted or added by others since the last time the user accessed the document. The highlighted content directs a user to modified document portions that the user has not yet read.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for highlighting modified content in a shared document, comprising:
- downloading the document from a server to a client;
- determining if the content in the document has been modified since the document was previously downloaded;
- highlighting the content that has been modified since the document was previously downloaded to the client;
- and
- displaying the document.
A system for highlighting modified content in a shared document, comprising:
- a server;
- an editor client coupled to the server, wherein the editor client is arranged to:
- access the document from the server, and
- modify the document;
- a reader client coupled to the server, wherein the reader client is arranged to access the document from the server;
- and
- a modification highlight module that is located on one of:
- the reader client and the server, the modification highlight module being arranged to highlight the content in the document when the document is accessed by the reader client, wherein the highlighted content indicates modifications that have been made to the content since the document was previously accessed by the reader client.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for highlighting modified content in a shared document, comprising:
- accessing the document from a server;
- determining at a client if the content in the document has been modified since the last time the document was accessed;
- highlighting the content that has been modified since the last document access;
- displaying the document with the highlighted content;
- determining if the highlighted content has been read;
- and
- if not, displaying the document with the highlighted content when the document is subsequently accessed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.