Smart text in document chat
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsKeng Fai Lee, Alan Chu, Wang Chiu Chan, On Loy Sung, Oi Ying Angela Lee
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Abstract
Various features and processes related to document collaboration are disclosed. In some implementations, animations are presented when updating a local document display to reflect changes made to the document at a remote device. In some implementations, a user can selectively highlight changes made by collaborators in a document. In some implementations, a user can select an identifier associated with another user to display a portion of a document that includes the other user's cursor location. In some implementations, text in document chat sessions can be automatically converted into hyperlinks which, when selected, cause a document editor to perform an operation.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- presenting an editable document in a first window on a computing device, wherein the editable document is configured to be edited collaboratively by at least one other computing device;
- receiving a message from one of the at least one other computing device;
- presenting the message in a second window on the computing device;
- determining that the message in the second window includes at least one word associated with a function of a document editor on the computing device;
- converting the at least one word into a selectable link that, when activated, performs the document editor function on the editable document of the first window on the computing device;
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- presenting the message and the selectable link in the second window on the computing device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- present an editable document in a first window on a computing device, wherein the document is configured to be edited collaboratively by at least one other computing device;
- receive a message from at one of the at least one other computing device;
- present the message in a second window on the computing device;
- determine that the message in the second window includes at least one word associated with a function a document editor on the computing device;
- convert the at least one word into a selectable link that, when activated, performs the document editor function on the editable document of the first window on the computing device;
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- present the message and the selectable link in the second window on the computing device.
A system comprising:
- a display;
- one or more processors operatively coupled to the display;
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- a computer-readable medium operatively coupled to the one or more processors and including instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- present, on the display, an editable document in a first window of a computing device, wherein the editable document is configured to be edited collaboratively by at least other computing device;
- receive a message from one of the at least one other computing device;
- present, on the display, the message in a second window of the computing device;
- determine that the message in the second window includes at least one word associated with a function of a document editor application on the computing device;
- convert the at least one word into a selectable link that, when activated, performs the document editor function on the editable document of the first window on the computing device;
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- present, on the display, the message and the selectable link in the second window of the computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.