COLLABORATIVE CO-AUTHORING VIA AN ELECTRONIC USER INTERFACE

摘要

Automatic uploading of electronic communication attachments to a collaborative storage location for enabling efficient co-authoring among a group of users is provided. When an electronic communication item is received that contains an attached content item, a user may select the content item for review and/or editing. A communication (e.g., a responsive email message) may be automatically created and may include an attachment pointer to direct recipients of the communication to the location at which the edited content item will be stored at a collaborative group storage location. The communication may also include a posting for notifying recipients of the communication that the associated content item has been edited and by whom the content item was edited. Recipients of the communication may then locate the edited content item and may begin reviewing and/or editing the stored content item in a collaborative co-authoring environment.

主权项

1. A method of providing collaborative co-authoring via an electronic user interface, comprising:
in a computer-generated electronic communications user interface, displaying a content item received via an electronic communication; and in response to receiving an editing function on the displayed content item, automatically storing a copy of the displayed content item in a collaborative group storage location for subsequent use by one or more members of a collaborative workgroup.