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20090319910 | AUTOMATIC CONTENT AND AUTHOR EMPHASIS FOR SHARED DATA - Architecture for emphasizing changes in collaborative or shared documents. A user can now quickly see what content was changed (hence, unread content) since the last time the user viewed the document or page. A tool automatically tracks and annotates the new content and author of the content for collaboration users. The architecture provides author highlighting on a page or document, which is turned on automatically when the user goes to the page or document. Widgets are displayed in association with the unread content that indicate which user authored all or portions of new unread content. Synchronization of the content update document content so that other users can readily see what is new and the author. A master file is created that stores the emphasis information and associated author information. The file can be stored at any location that is accessibly by the collaborative clients. | 12-24-2009 |
20110225242 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSITIONING BETWEEN SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION MODES - Many different users may access, revise and update the same shared object simultaneously through several different transports. Clients may communicate asynchronously by accessing the shared object through a physical server. Clients may also communicate synchronously by accessing the shared object through a peer-to-peer network. A manifest file associated with the shared object identifies the locations where other versions and instances of the shared object are stored. The shared object and the associated manifest file allow a client to transition seamlessly between local access, synchronous and asynchronous communication such that the user is not aware that the mode of communication has changed. A user may change location and any available data sharing transports are automatically identified. Thus, the user may access a shared object and collaborate with other authorized users through different mechanisms. | 09-15-2011 |
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20140351716 | Notes Page Sharing and Notification Features - Embodiments provide notes application features including notes page sharing and notification features, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, a computer-based method can be configured to provide a communication to one or more designated recipients, wherein the communication includes one of a view link to a shared page or an editable shared notes page or link thereto. A system of an embodiment includes a server computer configured in part to process notes page sharing requests as part of creating view links to shared notes pages and/or providing users with a means to collaboratively edit a shared notes page. A user interface of an embodiment is configured to share notes pages including displaying notification information regarding other user shared notes page views and/or edits. Other embodiments are included. | 11-27-2014 |
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20140289645 | TRACKING CHANGES IN COLLABORATIVE AUTHORING ENVIRONMENT - Change tracking and collaborative communication are provided in authoring content in a collaborative environment. Monitored changes, comments, and similar input by the collaborating authors may be presented on demand or automatically to each author based on changes and/or comments that affect a particular author, that author's portion of collaborated content, type of changes/comments, or similar criteria. Change and/or comments notification may be provided in a complementary user interface of the collaborative authoring application or through a separate communication application such as email or text messaging. | 09-25-2014 |
20140310345 | COLLABORATIVE AUTHORING WITH SCRATCHPAD FUNCTIONALITY - Real-time co-authoring and support for the collaborative process is enabled by making it easy to initiate a collaborative document, to invite the proper people into the process, to collect existing artifacts, thoughts, and research, and then to divide and track the work to completion across a collaborating group. Monitored changes, comments, and similar input by the collaborating authors may be presented on demand or automatically to each author based on changes and/or comments that affect a particular author, that author's portion of collaborated content, type of changes/comments, or similar criteria Real-time or sequential communication such as email, text messaging, and video chat, ay be enabled to further optimize the collaboration process. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310613 | COLLABORATIVE AUTHORING WITH CLIPPING FUNCTIONALITY - Content may be captured in form of clippings and clipping metadata utilized to provide various features and services. Data may be imported from other sources. For example, search engine(s) may be used to annotate clippings with additional data. Clippings may be dragged into a document, made available through various platforms such as social networks, professional networks, messaging, and comparable ones. A clipping service may be provided to individual or groups of users accessible through thick or thin clients. | 10-16-2014 |
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20080243846 | Locking semantics for a storage system based on file types - Techniques for implementing locking semantics for a storage system based on file types are described. An apparatus or system may include a database to store multiple data files, and a cache manager to manage the data files, the cache manager having a client lock manager to receive a request to modify a data file, determine a file type for the data file, access a set of locking semantics based on the file type, and determine whether the data file can be modified based on the locking semantics. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-02-2008 |
20080243847 | Separating central locking services from distributed data fulfillment services in a storage system - Techniques for implementing locking semantics for a storage system are described. An apparatus or system may include a data server to store multiple data files, and a locking server to store locking information for one or more data files stored by the data server. The locking information may include a version number for a data file and a lock state for the data file. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-02-2008 |
20080256113 | Techniques to associate information between application programs - Techniques to cross-reference information for application programs are described. An apparatus may comprise a first application program to create notes for an operator, a second application program to display a target document, and a context reference module to generate a context reference for the target document indicating a source for the target document, display the context reference, and associate the context reference with a note. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-16-2008 |
20080256114 | Techniques to display associated information between application programs - Techniques to cross-reference information for application programs are described. An apparatus may comprise a first application program to create notes for an operator, a second application program to display a target document, and a context generation module to generate a context for a note by displaying a document view for the target document using stored context information when the note is displayed. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-16-2008 |
20080270761 | Techniques to generate event contexts for recurring events - Techniques to generate event contexts for recurring events are described. A computer system may comprise a context management module with an event detection module to detect a first occurrence of an event, a context recording module to record context information for the event, the event detection module to detect a second occurrence of the event, and a context generator module to create an event context for the event with the context information during the second occurrence of the event. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-30-2008 |
20110093948 | NON-INTRUSIVE BACKGROUND SYNCHRONIZATION WHEN AUTHENTICATION IS REQUIRED - A non-modal notification user interface element is displayed persistently but unobtrusively such that a user may easily determine that authentication credentials are required by a background synchronization process. The non-modal notification is configured such that it may be ignored by the user such that their workflow is not interrupted. The background synchronization continues to synchronize the data it can even though the background synchronization may require authentication credentials for a subset of the data to be synchronized. The user may select the non-modal notification user interface element at any point in time in order to supply the required authentication credentials. The non-modal notification is removed from the display when there are no further authentication credentials required. | 04-21-2011 |
20110099299 | Mode Switching - Mode switching may be provided. A selection of a non-native mode for a first input device may be received having a native mode. Then the use of the first input device may be enabled in the selected non-native mode. Next, a switch may be detected from the first input device to a second input device and then a switch back to the first input device may be detected. The use of the first input device may be enabled in the native mode in response to detecting the switch back to the first input device. | 04-28-2011 |
20120066631 | DEFAULT LOCATION THAT MAY BE DYNAMICALLY CHANGED - Content that is received by an application is delivered to a default location that may be dynamically updated. This default location for content may be updated without interfering with the functionality of a process or application that interacts with the default location. An API allows processes to request the current location of default location and then send and access content at the default location. A user interface allows a user to change the default location within a file system. The default location may be local to a computing device or remote from the computing device. | 03-15-2012 |
20140189822 | NON-INTRUSIVE BACKGROUND SYNCHRONIZATION WHEN AUTHENTICATION IS REQUIRED - A non-modal notification user interface element is displayed persistently but unobtrusively such that a user may easily determine that authentication credentials are required by a background synchronization process. The non-modal notification is configured such that it may be ignored by the user such that their workflow is not interrupted. The background synchronization continues to synchronize the data it can even though the background synchronization may require authentication credentials for a subset of the data to be synchronized. The user may select the non-modal notification user interface element at any point in time in order to supply the required authentication credentials. The non-modal notification is removed from the display when there are no further authentication credentials required. | 07-03-2014 |
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20090276471 | Automatically Capturing and Maintaining Versions of Documents - Tools and techniques are described for automatically capturing and maintaining versions of documents. These tools may provide methods that include receiving documents from a server, and receiving indications of revisions to the documents at client systems. The methods may also automatically determine whether to capture representations of states of the documents before entry of the revisions, in the absence of explicit user commands to capture these representations. | 11-05-2009 |
20090313331 | MERGING VERSIONS OF DOCUMENTS USING MULTIPLE MASTERS - Tools and techniques are described for merging versions of documents using multiple masters. These tools may provide methods that include syncing a first peer system with at least a second peer system, with the first and second peer systems receiving respective instances of a document for collaborative editing. The first and second peer systems may maintain respective version histories associated with the document, with these version histories capturing and storing revisions occurring locally at the first and second peer systems. The first and second peer systems may exchange version histories, and merge these version histories. | 12-17-2009 |
20110252309 | OPTIMIZATIONS FOR HYBRID WORD PROCESSING AND GRAPHICAL CONTENT AUTHORING - Embodiments provide interactive computer-implemented rich heterogeneous content authoring features. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes an interaction model that uses an input state associated with a user operation and an electronic page interface to provide an interactive authoring experience. In one embodiment, a note taking client can include an interaction model used in part to automatically control aspects of an electronic note page. Other embodiments are included and available. | 10-13-2011 |
20110288863 | VOICE STREAM AUGMENTED NOTE TAKING - Voice stream augmented note taking may be provided. An audio stream associated with at least one speaker may be recorded and converted into text chunks. A text entry may be received from a user, such as in an electronic document. The text entry may be compared to the text chunks to identify matches, and the matching text chunks may be displayed to the user for selection. | 11-24-2011 |
20110288866 | VOICE PRINT IDENTIFICATION - Voice print identification may be provided. A plurality of speakers may be recorded and associated with identity indicators. Voice prints for each speaker may be created. If the voice print for at least one speaker corresponds to a known user according to the identity indicators, a database entry associating the user with the voice print may be created. Additional information associated with the user may also be displayed. | 11-24-2011 |
20120005282 | COLLABORATIVE RANKING AND FILTERING OF ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES - Electronic mail messages may be collaboratively ranked and filtered. User actions on an electronic mail message received from a sender by one or more recipients may be monitored. Statistics may be generated based on the user actions. The generated statistics may be utilized to provide a quality ranking of the electronic mail message based on the generated statistics. | 01-05-2012 |
20120310994 | Stability-Adjusted Ranking and Geographic Anchoring Using a Finite Set of Accessed Items - List maintenance functionality is provided in part to maintain aspects of a list interface based in part on the use of a population algorithm configured in part to preserve relative ordering of list items, but the embodiments are not so limited. A computer-based method of an embodiment provides a list to an end-user that includes a finite number of list item locations based in part on a recent list population algorithm and a data structure to maintain list entries that are ultimately displayed to the end-user. In one embodiment, a note-taking application interface uses a population algorithm to maintain a list of accessed note items including the use of one or more note timestamps to populate a user's viewed item list. | 12-06-2012 |
20130326321 | OPTIMIZATIONS FOR HYBRID WORD PROCESSING AND GRAPHICAL CONTENT AUTHORING - Embodiments provide interactive computer-implemented rich heterogeneous content authoring features. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes an interaction model that uses an input state associated with a user operation and an electronic page interface to provide an interactive authoring experience. In one embodiment, a note taking client can include an interaction model used in part to automatically control aspects of an electronic note page. Other embodiments are included and available. | 12-05-2013 |
20140100849 | VOICE PRINT IDENTIFICATION FOR IDENTIFYING SPEAKERS - Voice print identification for identifying speakers is provided. A plurality of speakers are recorded and associated with identity indicators. Voice prints for each speaker are associated with the plurality of recorded speakers. If the voice print for at least one speaker corresponds to a known user according to the identity indicators, a database entry associating the user with the voice print may be created. Additional information associated with the user may also be displayed. | 04-10-2014 |
20140168176 | MULTI-PURPOSE STYLUS FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE - A multi-purpose stylus and method for communicating and interacting with a computing device both through physical contact and wirelessly. Embodiments of the stylus and method facilitate the use of the stylus as both a physical input instrument (by contacting a surface of the computing device to input data) and as a remote wireless instrument using a variety of auxiliary devices. Many types and combinations of auxiliary devices may be incorporated into embodiments of the stylus and method. These include one or more microphones and speakers, a laser pointer, a camera, a color sensor for obtaining color coordinates of an object, and an accelerometer to identify and interpret user gestures. Moreover, identification and authentication of a user may be achieved by including a fingerprint sensor and an identification device having a unique identifier. A transceiver is used to wireless communicate and control remote devices and the computing device. | 06-19-2014 |
20140344658 | ENHANCED LINKS IN CURATION AND COLLABORATION APPLICATIONS - A uniform resource locator (URL) link inserted into a note or document can be enhanced through a capture service for curation and collaboration applications, including notebook applications. A local notebook application can call the capture service by sending a request for a webpage representation with a URL indicated for insertion into the note. The local notebook application can receive the representation of the content referenced by the URL in a format customized for the local client. The representation can be displayed as part of a preview window and user interface for inserting a clipping, URL or other content into a note. The capture service can take the URL sent by the local application and take a screenshot of a separately rendered webpage referenced by the URL. | 11-20-2014 |