Transparent Layered Display Editing for Conflict-Free Collaboration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing collaborative document editing systems do not allow multiple users to edit the same document simultaneously while maintaining transparency and control over editing layers, leading to potential conflicts and inefficiencies in real-time editing processes.
Innovation Solution
A display editing apparatus and system that includes a reception unit for receiving transparent editing layers, an editing unit for editing data based on user operations, and a display control unit for superimposing selected editing layers on the original data layer, enabling multiple users to edit the same document simultaneously with transparent data management and attribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple users edit the same document simultaneously in existing collaborative systems, then real-time collaboration capability is improved, but editing conflicts and loss of transparency occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the document into multiple transparent layers, with each layer representing edits by a different user. This allows simultaneous editing without conflicts because each user's changes are isolated in their own layer, eliminating the editing conflicts that plague traditional single-layer collaborative systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses color coding and transparency variations to visually distinguish different user's editing layers. Each user's edits are displayed with unique visual characteristics, providing transparency about who made what changes while maintaining the ability to view all edits simultaneously without conflict.
2Productivity
If existing systems allow simultaneous editing, then collaboration efficiency is improved, but transparency and control over editing layers deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the document into separate transparent layers for each user's edits, the system maintains complete transparency about who made what changes. Each layer can be independently viewed, adjusted, or removed, preserving full visibility and control over the collaborative editing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a dimensional aspect to collaborative editing by stacking multiple transparent layers vertically. This allows all users' edits to coexist in the same document space without overwriting each other, maintaining transparency while enabling efficient simultaneous collaboration.
3Device complexity
If traditional document editing is used, then simplicity of the system is maintained, but the ability to handle simultaneous edits by multiple users deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces layered segmentation that adds simultaneous editing capability while maintaining relative simplicity. Each layer functions independently but integrates seamlessly with others, allowing the system to handle multiple users without becoming overly complex.
Solution Approach 2:
The layered transparent editing system serves multiple functions: it enables simultaneous editing, maintains attribution transparency, allows individual layer control, and preserves the ability to view the complete document. This multi-functionality achieves advanced collaborative capability without proportionally increasing system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A display editing apparatus includes a reception unit that receives a first editing layer with transparency including data to be edited, and a second editing layer with transparency including the data to be edited which is edited by a second user; a first editing unit that edits the data to be edited included in the first editing layer, based on an operation of a first user; and a display control unit that performs control such that a layer, selected from the first editing layer and the second editing layer, is superimposed and displayed on a front side of an original layer including original data to be edited before editing.