Systems and methods for providing a client-server infrastructure for asynchronous and synchronus collaboration including co-editing activity collision prevention

摘要

In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods provide a client-server infrastructure capable of supporting a variety of asynchronous and synchronous collaboration activities in a so-called collaboration place. Some of these activities include chatting, viewing and/or editing one or more data files, and sharing one or more applications, data files, and/or displays. The client-server infrastructure supports seamless navigation between the supported asynchronous and synchronous activities in the collaboration place. Additionally, the client-server architecture supports data persistence, so that data files associated with the collaboration place can be stored for subsequent access.

主权项

1. A method for collaboration, comprising:
forming connections between a collaboration place that is persistent and addressable on a server and each of a first client and a second client; associating the collaboration place with a first collaboration place interface and a second collaboration place interface executing on the respective first and second clients; establishing communications via a plurality of network connections between the collaboration place interfaces and the server that supports collaboration among the clients; administering co-editing activity performed by an application, the application includes a spreadsheet application and wherein the administering of the co-editing activity performed by the application comprises:
managing sequential or simultaneous co-editing activity of shared content within the collaboration place among users of the collaboration place;tracking a history of interactions for the co-editing activity;detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions based on the co-editing activity, wherein the detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions comprises detecting and avoiding co-editing collisions of changes of data of the application based on administering data ranges within objects;transmitting to the at least one of the first client or second client of detected changes to shared content based on the co-editing activity; andproviding comments about the shared content based on the co-editing activity.