Co-authoring for a document management system
AssigneeM-Files Oy
InventorsAntti Nivala, Jari Paija, Ari Metsäpelto
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Abstract
The invention relates to a document management system and a method therein. In order to perform co-authoring of an electronic object between at least two devices, the method comprises performing a reservation of an electronic object from a server for co-authoring from a first client device, writing the electronic object in modifiable form to a co-authoring folder in a common location accessible by the first client device and at least one other device; providing an access to at least one other device to the co-authoring folder; and when co-authoring of the electronic object is finished, reading the electronic object from the co-authoring folder and writing the electronic object to the server.
Claims23
A method in a document management system for co-authoring an electronic object between at least two devices, comprising:
- performing a reservation of an electronic object from a server for co-authoring from a first client device;
- writing the electronic object in modifiable form to a co-authoring folder in a common location accessible by the first client device and at least one other device;
- providing an access to at least one other device to said co-authoring folder;
- and when co-authoring of the electronic object is finished
- reading the electronic object from the co-authoring folder and writing the electronic object to the server.
A server for a document management system for co-authoring an electronic object between at least two devices, said server comprising a processor, and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the server to perform at least the following:
- receiving a reservation of an electronic object for co-authoring from a first client device;
- writing the electronic object in modifiable form to a co-authoring folder in a common location accessible by the first client device and at least one other device;
- providing an access to at least one other device to said co-authoring folder;
- and when co-authoring of the electronic object is finished
- reading the electronic object from the co-authoring folder and writing the electronic object to the server.
A client device for a document management system for co-authoring an electronic object with at least one other device, said client device comprising a processor, and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the client device to perform at least the following:
- performing a reservation of an electronic object from a server for co-authoring;
- writing the electronic object in modifiable form to a co-authoring folder in a common location accessible by said client device and said at least one other device;
- providing an access to at least one other device to said co-authoring folder;
- and when co-authoring of the electronic object is finished
- reading the electronic object from the co-authoring folder and writing the electronic object to the server.
A computer program product for co-authoring an electronic object, said computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:
- code for performing a reservation of an electronic object from a server for co-authoring from a first client device;
- code for writing the electronic object in modifiable form to a co-authoring folder in a common location accessible by the first client device and at least one other device;
- code for providing an access to at least one other device to said co-authoring folder;
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- code for reading the electronic object from the co-authoring folder and writing the electronic object to the server, when co-authoring of the electronic object is finished.
A document management system comprising at least one server and at least a first client device, said at least one server being configured to store a document, and said system being configured to allow co-authoring of an electronic object between at least two devices, wherein
- the server is configured to receive a reservation of an electronic object for co-authoring from a first client device;
- the system is configured to write the electronic object in modifiable form to a co-authoring folder in a common location accessible by the first client device and at least one other device;
- the system is configured to provide an access to at least one other device to said co-authoring folder;
- and when co-authoring of the electronic object is finished, to read the electronic object from the co-authoring folder and to write the electronic object to the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.