Online Document Editing in Network Disk Web Views

The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that mediates between the client and the network disk storage. The server receives data acquisition requests from the client, retrieves the corresponding data entities from network disk storage, and returns them to the client for rendering and editing. This intermediary architecture enables online document editing within the network disk environment without requiring direct client-access to complex storage systems.

The patent segments the document editing system into distinct functional components: a client component for user interaction and rendering, a server component for data management and retrieval, and a network disk storage component for persistent storage. Each component has specific responsibilities - the client handles UI rendering, the server handles data fetching and updating, and storage handles persistence. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies the overall system architecture.

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the client sends data acquisition requests to the server, receives data entities back, processes editing operations, and sends update requests to the server. The server then updates the stored data entities and returns updated data to the client. This feedback loop ensures that changes made in the UI are synchronized back to the storage system, maintaining data consistency across the distributed system.

The patent performs preliminary actions by having the server pre-establish and maintain the correspondence relationships between user identifiers, file identifiers, and data identifiers before actual editing operations occur. This pre-configured mapping structure enables efficient data retrieval and updates during editing operations without requiring complex real-time lookup processes, thereby simplifying the synchronization mechanism.