Electronic shared-document repository

A client device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• data storage comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the client device to:
• send, to a server device, an authentication request comprising an authentication credential associated with a user of an electronic-document repository;
• receive document data relating to a document in the electronic-document repository and display the document data in a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface includes a bookmark creation button;
• display a bookmark permissions interface comprising a list of user identifiers associated with the electronic-document repository:
• receive input comprising permissions information that includes one or more user identifiers from the list of user identifiers, and transmit to the server device bookmark creation data comprising the permissions information and a respective location in the document:
• receive, from the server device, one or more user-specific bookmark objects having associated respective bookmarks, the user-specific bookmark objects having been identified in accordance with an authenticated user identifier associated with the authentication credential, each respective bookmark being associated with the authenticated user identifier and with a respective location in a respective document, one or more of the respective bookmarks having been generated by one or more other users of the electronic-document repository;
• present, via a user interface, one or more bookmark references corresponding to respective received user-specific bookmark objects;
• receive, via the user interface, an indication of a selected bookmark reference;
• send, to the server device, a bookmarked-document request specifying the received user-specific bookmark object corresponding to the selected bookmark reference;
• receive, from the server device, a bookmarked-document object corresponding to the specified user-specific bookmark object and including a portion of the associated respective document at the associated respective location;
• and
• present, via the user interface, the included portion of the associated respective document.

A method carried out by a server device, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a client device, an authentication request comprising an authentication credential associated with a user of an electronic-document repository;
• sending, to the client device, document data relating to a document in the electronic-document repository;
• receiving, from a client device, bookmark creation data comprising user permissions information and a respective location in the document;
• creating and storing a bookmark object based on the bookmark creation data and including the user permissions information;
• sending, to the client device, one or more user-specific bookmark objects respectively associated with one or more bookmarks, the user-specific bookmark objects identified in accordance with an authenticated user identifier associated with the authentication credential, each bookmark having user permission information that includes the authenticated user identifier and also being associated with a particular location in a particular document, one or more of the bookmarks having been generated by one or more other users of the electronic-document repository;
• receiving, from the client device, a bookmarked-document request specifying at least one of the one or more user-specific bookmark objects;
• and
• sending, to the client device, a bookmarked-document object corresponding to the specified user-specific bookmark object and including a portion of the associated particular document at the associated particular location.

A server device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• data storage comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the server device to:
• receive, from a client device, an authentication request comprising an authentication credential associated with a user of an electronic-document repository;
• send, to the client device, document data relating to a document in the electronic-document repository;
• receive, from a client device, bookmark creation data comprising user permissions information and a respective location in the document:
• create and store a bookmark object based on the bookmark creation data and including the user permissions information:
• send, to the client device, one or more user-specific bookmark objects respectively associated with one or more bookmarks, the user-specific bookmark objects identified in accordance with an authenticated user identifier associated with the authentication credential, each bookmark having user permission information that includes the authenticated user identifier and also being associated with a particular location in a particular document, one or more of the bookmarks having been generated by one or more other users of the electronic-document repository;
• receive, from the client device, a bookmarked-document request specifying at least one of the one or more user-specific bookmark objects;
• and
• send, to the client device, a bookmarked-document object corresponding to the specified user-specific bookmark object and including a portion of the associated particular document at the associated particular location.