Systems, methods and media for managing embedded content

A host computing device for managing embedded content in a document, the host computing device comprising:

• one or more interfaces configured to provide communication with at least one other computing device over a network;
• and
• a processor, in communication with the one or more interfaces, configured to run a module stored in memory that is configured to:
• detect a user's action to initiate editing of a first content embedded in a first document associated with a host application program running on the host computing device;
• querying for the user's embedded content management configuration to determine a target computing device having an interface suitable for editing the first embedded content;
• and
• if it is determined that the user's embedded content management configuration specifies a computing device other than the host computing device as the target computing device,
• send a first notification to the target computing device, wherein the first notification includes one of:
• a copy of or a reference to the first document indicating where the first document can be located;
• and
• receive at least one second notification from the target computing device, wherein the second notification includes one of a copy of or a reference to a latest version of the first document including at least latest edits made to the first embedded content.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions operable to cause a computing device to:

• detect at a host computing device running a host application program a user's action to initiate editing of a first content embedded in a first document associated with the host application program;
• query for the user's embedded content management configuration to determine a target computing device having an interface suitable for editing the first embedded content;
• send a first notification to the target computing device, wherein the first notification includes one of:
• a copy of or a reference to the first document indicating where the first document can be located;
• receive at least one second notification from the target computing device, wherein the second notification includes one of a copy of or a reference to a latest version of the first document including at least latest edits made to the first embedded content;
• receive a third notification from a source computing device, wherein the third notification includes one of a copy of a second document including a second embedded content or a reference to the second document and an identification of the second embedded content to be edited;
• in response to receiving the third notification, cause a selected target application program to be instantiated and to access the second document such that the user can edit the second embedded content at the host computing device using the target application program, wherein the target application program is selected based on a type of the second embedded content;
• and
• send at least one fourth notification to the source computing device, including a last of the at least one forth notification that is sent to the source computing device when the user finishes editing the second embedded content.