Collaborative access spreadsheet with a real-time visual indication identifying last edit user

A system for providing simultaneous multiuser collaborative

• access to a spreadsheet, the system comprising:
• a server comprising:
• a memory to store instructions;
• and
• a processor to execute the instructions to:
• receive a first request to access the spreadsheet from a first client engine associated with a first device of a first user,
• the spreadsheet comprising a plurality of portions, each portion of the plurality of portions including respective cells, and
• the first user having a first set of privileges for a first subset of the plurality of portions;
• transmit the spreadsheet to the first client engine and based on the first request;
• receive a second request to access the spreadsheet from a second client engine associated with a second device of a second user, wherein a second set of privileges for a second subset of the plurality of portions is associated with the second user;
• simultaneously receive, at the server, a first edit of a first cell of a first portion of the plurality of portions from the first device, and a second edit of a second cell of a second portion of the plurality of portions from the second device, wherein the first device and the second device are concurrently accessing the spreadsheet;
• on condition that the first edit and the second edit not being for a same cell, the first user having an edit privilege to the first portion, and the second user having an edit privilege to the second portion,
• accept, by the server, the first edit and the second edit;
• and
• forward by the server to the first device, a formatted message that includes the second edit;
• and
• provide, by the server to the second device, in response to the second user selecting the first portion, a real-time visual indication identifying the first user as a last user editing the first portion, wherein the real-time visual indication is displayed with a respective cell of the first portion of the spreadsheet on the second device while the spreadsheet is displayed on the second device and wherein the first user is the last user to edit the first portion.