Electronic content change tracking

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9569406-B2
Application number	US-24790508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2008
Priority date	Oct 8, 2008
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to transmit and receive information, such as between a client and a server, that enables the display of a plurality of version indicators corresponding to a plurality of versions of electronic content, the plurality of versions comprising a first version newer than a second version. Further activities may include detecting selection of, and then displaying, a first selection indicator to indicate selection of the first version and a second selection indicator to indicate selection of the second version. Further activity may include communicate information to enable displaying, at substantially the same time as the first and second selection indicators, at least a portion of a plurality of changes between the first version and the second version. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
transmitting information to a receiving entity to enable displaying a time line of a plurality of version indicators corresponding to a plurality of versions of electronic content, the plurality of versions comprising a first version that is newer than a second version;
detecting selection of a first selection indicator to indicate selection of the first version and selection of a second selection indicator to indicate selection of the second version;
transmitting information to the receiving entity to enable displaying, at substantially a same time as the displaying of the plurality of version indicators and the first and second selection indicators, a portion of a plurality of changes between the first version and the second version of the electronic content; and
transmitting information to the receiving entity to enable displaying a reversible summary change marker corresponding to a change of the plurality of changes, the reversible summary change marker selectable to toggle between undoing and redoing the change.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting information to the receiving entity to enable displaying at least one of the first selection indicator or the second selection indicator in conjunction with information indicating at least one of an associated personal identity or a save time.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
transmitting information to the receiving entity to dynamically display the information associated with a selected one of the plurality of versions as cursor hover activity proximate to the selected one of the plurality of versions is detected.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the plurality of version indicators comprises:
displaying the plurality of version indicators as a substantially linear arrangement of the plurality of version indicators, each one of the plurality of version indicators comprising a substantially similar shape that is spaced apart from others of the plurality of version indicators.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting information to the receiving entity to enable displaying a next change selection indicator to receive display selections of a proximate change in the electronic content that comprises one of a prior change or a subsequent change with respect to a current change displayed as part of the portion.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting information to the receiving entity to enable displaying an indication of content markup associated with the electronic content forming part of the portion.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting from the plurality of versions, as the first version, a most recent version of the plurality of versions; and
selecting from the plurality of versions, as the second version, a version last-viewed by a current user.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic content comprises a document.

9. A system, comprising:
a display;
a storage device to store a plurality of versions of electronic content, including a first version newer than a second version;
a rendering module to display, as part of a graphical user interface on the display, a time line comprising a plurality of version indicators corresponding to the plurality of versions, a first selection indicator to indicate selection of the first version and a second selection indicator to indicate selection of the second version, and, at substantially a same time as the time line and the first and second selection indicators are displayed on the display, to display a portion of a plurality of changes between the first version and the second version, and
the rendering module further to transmit information to the receiving entity to enable displaying a reversible summary change marker corresponding to a change of the plurality of changes, the reversible summary change marker selectable to toggle between undoing and redoing the change.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:
a server device including the storage device; and
a client device to couple to the server device via a network, the client device including the display.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the rendering module comprises a word processing document application program, the system further comprising:
a processor to execute the word processing application program to display the electronic content as one or more paginated documents, along with the time line as a substantially horizontal time line, via the graphical user interface.

12. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device having instructions stored therein for causing a machine to implement operations comprising:
transmitting information to a receiving entity to enable displaying a time line comprising a plurality of version indicators corresponding to a plurality of versions of electronic content, the plurality of versions comprising a first version newer than a second version;
transmitting information to the receiving entity to enable displaying a first selection indicator to indicate selection of the first version and a second selection indicator to indicate selection of the second version;
transmitting information to the receiving entity to enable displaying, at substantially a same time as the time line and the first and second selection indicators, a portion of a plurality of changes between the first version and the second version, and
transmitting information to the receiving entity to enable displaying a reversible summary change marker corresponding to a change of the plurality of changes, the reversible summary change marker selectable to toggle between undoing and redoing the change.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise comprises:
transmitting information to the receiving entity to enable displaying a different summary change marker for each change in the portion, the change marker to indicate, via an icon, a type of content change.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise comprises:
receiving a toggle change selection associated with one of the different summary change markers to undo a change represented by the one of the different summary change markers.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device having instructions stored therein for causing a machine to implement operations comprising:
displaying a time line comprising a plurality of version indicators corresponding to a plurality of versions of electronic content including a first version newer than a second version, the time line including a first selection indicator to indicate selection of the first version and a second selection indicator to indicate selection of the second version;
at substantially a same time as the time line and the first and second selection indicators are displayed on the display, displaying at least a portion of a plurality of changes between the first version and the second version and
transmitting information to the receiving entity to enable displaying a reversible summary change marker corresponding to a change of the plurality of changes, the reversible summary change marker selectable to toggle between undoing and redoing the change.

Assignees

• Shaver Robert
• Adobe Systems Inc

Inventors

• Shaver Robert

Classifications

• G06F40/197 Primary

  Version control (for software G06F8/71) · CPC title

• G06F40/106 Primary

  Display of layout of documents; Previewing · CPC title

• G06F17/212 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/2288

  Physics · mapped topic