Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device, method, and graphical user interface for collaborative editing in documents
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Application No.: US14871904Application Date: 2015-09-30
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Publication No.: US09886230B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: William J. Thimbleby
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/048
- IPC: G06F3/048 ; G06F3/14 ; G06T11/20 ; G06F17/24 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F3/0481 ; G09G5/12 ; G06F17/22 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F3/0488 ; H04L12/26 ; G09G5/02 ; G09G5/14 ; G06F9/44 ; G06Q10/06

Abstract:
A first electronic device with a display maintains a consistent output based on concurrent drawing edits received at multiple collaborating devices. The first device maintains a command sequence for a drawing currently rendered at the first device. The command sequence includes a plurality of past drawing commands sorted according to respective sequence numbers of the past drawing commands. The first device receives a plurality of additional drawing commands from two or more devices of the multiple collaborating devices, each of the plurality of additional drawing commands having a respective sequence number. The first device updates the command sequence, including merging and sorting the plurality of additional drawing commands and the plurality of past drawing commands in accordance with an ordering rule. The first device re-renders at least a portion of the drawing based on the command sequence after updating the command sequence.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160357720A1 Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Collaborative Editing in Documents Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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