Group editing software enhancement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11080071-B2
Application number	US-201916690879-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2019
Priority date	Nov 21, 2019
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for concealing distracting user interface elements within collaborative editing software is provided. The present invention may include monitoring activity on a computing device to identify the presence of collaborative editing and presentation programs, and responsive to determining that presenting users are conducting a presentation and that users are editing a digital collaborative document, concealing one or more graphical user interface elements; and, responsive to determining that the one or more presenting users are no longer conducting the presentation, graphically summarizing one or more changes to the digital collaborative document made during the presentation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processor-implemented method for concealing graphical user interface elements within collaborative editing software, the method comprising:
responsive to determining that one or more presenting users are conducting a presentation and that one or more users are editing a digital collaborative document, operating a computer to conceal one or more graphical user interface elements based on the one or more graphical user interface elements exceeding a threshold level of movement; and
responsive to determining that the one or more presenting users are no longer conducting the presentation, graphically summarizing one or more changes to the digital collaborative document made during the presentation.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying that a presentation program and a group editing program are running on a user's computing device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more graphical user interface elements are selected from a list comprising:
edits, cursor movements, cursors, and identifiers.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
adding one or more minimal graphical user interface elements during the presentation.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more graphical user interface elements are concealed from the presenting users.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more graphical user interface elements are concealed from all users except the one or more presenting users.

7. A computer system for concealing graphical user interface elements within collaborative editing software, the computer system comprising:
one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
responsive to determining that one or more presenting users are conducting a presentation and that one or more users are editing a digital collaborative document, operating a computer to conceal one or more graphical user interface elements based on the one or more graphical user interface elements exceeding a threshold level of movement; and
responsive to determining that the one or more presenting users are no longer conducting the presentation, graphically summarizing one or more changes to the digital collaborative document made during the presentation.

8. The computer system of claim 7 , further comprising:
identifying that a presentation program and a group editing program are running on a user's computing device.

9. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more graphical user interface elements are selected from a list comprising:
edits, cursor movements, cursors, and identifiers.

10. The computer system of claim 7 , further comprising:
adding one or more minimal graphical user interface elements during the presentation.

11. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more graphical user interface elements are concealed from the presenting users.

12. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more graphical user interface elements are concealed from all users except the one or more presenting users.

13. A computer program product for concealing graphical user interface elements within collaborative editing software, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
responsive to determining that one or more presenting users are conducting a presentation and that one or more users are editing a digital collaborative document, operating a computer to conceal one or more graphical user interface elements based on the one or more graphical user interface elements exceeding a threshold level of movement; and
responsive to determining that the one or more presenting users are no longer conducting the presentation, graphically summarizing one or more changes to the digital collaborative document made during the presentation.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising:
identifying that a presentation program and a group editing program are running on a user's computing device.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the one or more graphical user interface elements are selected from a list comprising:
edits, cursor movements, cursors, and identifiers.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising:
adding one or more minimal graphical user interface elements during the presentation.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the one or more graphical user interface elements are concealed from the presenting users.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Jenkins Jana H
• Co Hau
• Lam Joseph
• Lu Fang

Classifications

• G06Q10/101

  Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services · CPC title

• G06F9/451 Primary

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F16/93

  Document management systems · CPC title

• G06F16/1774

  Locking methods, e.g. locking methods for file systems allowing shared and concurrent access to files · CPC title