Document Collaboration Spaces for Area-Based Editing Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing document collaboration systems face inefficiencies due to multiple users repeatedly editing the same document areas, leading to low collaboration efficiency and visibility of unnecessary draft versions.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for document collaboration that creates association relationships between users and document areas, allowing for different permission levels (read-only or editing) within collaboration spaces, and generates edited documents based on user-specific editing information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple users collaborate on the same document simultaneously, then document collaboration is enabled, but repeated editing of the same document area occurs leading to low efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the document into multiple independent document areas, each of which can be independently edited by different users through separate collaboration spaces. This segmentation allows users to edit different portions of the document simultaneously without conflicts, improving overall editing efficiency while maintaining collaboration capabilities.
2Loss of information
If all draft versions are visible to all users in multiuser collaboration, then transparency is improved, but redundant editing occurs and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements different visibility and editing permissions for different document areas. Each document area can have its own collaboration space with specific user permissions, allowing selective visibility of draft versions to relevant users only. This local quality control prevents unnecessary redundant editing while maintaining appropriate transparency for collaboration.
3Adaptability or versatility
If different teams edit different parts of the document, then specialized editing is enabled, but coordination complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the document into distinct document areas, each with its own collaboration space that can be independently managed by different teams. This segmentation allows specialized editing by different teams while the system handles coordination automatically through unified permission management and version control mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a method and an apparatus for document collaboration, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a target document, the target document including a document area; creating a collaboration space for the document area; and generating an edited document of the target document based on first editing information of the collaboration space, the first editing information being determined through the collaboration space. With the solutions, the collaboration space can be used to generate the edited document of the target document, which contributes to improving efficiency in document collaborative editing and generation.