US 2020/0051028 A1 · REAL-TIME COLLABORATION FOR BINARY DATA FILES

Abstract

A document collaboration system allows applications to collaborate on a binary data file even if the binary data file is not in a collaborative document format. In response to a request from an application to access a binary data file, the document collaboration system gives the application access to a document model corresponding to the binary data file and the application If the document model does not already exist, it may be created by generating an empty document model, transmitting the binary data file to the application, and allowing the application to fill in the empty document model based on the binary data file. The document model may be provided to and modified by its related application through an application programming interface (API), and changes to the document model may be applied to the binary data file.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for providing a binary data file to at least a first client application, the method comprising:

receiving a first request to access the binary data file from the first client application, wherein the first request identifies at least the binary data file and the first client application;
determining whether a first document model corresponding to the binary data file and associated with the first client application exists;
in response to determining that the first document model does not exist, generating a first document model corresponding to the binary data file and associated with the first client application:
and
transmitting data corresponding to the first document model to the first client application.

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A document collaboration system providing a binary data file to at least a first client application, the system comprising:

a communication processor in communication with:
a document database for storing a plurality of binary data files;
a model memory for storing a plurality of document models, wherein a document model is associated with a binary data file and an application;
a document processor configured to:
determine whether a first document model corresponding to a binary data file and associated with the first client application exists, and
in response to determining that the first document model does not exist, generate a first document model corresponding to the binary data file and associated with the first client application;
wherein the communication processor is configured to:
receive a first request to access the binary data file from the first client application, wherein the first request identifies at least the binary data file and the first client application, and
transmit data corresponding to the first document model to the first client application.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Real-time collaboration for binary data files

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Real-time collaboration for binary data files

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Abstract

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