Patent ID: 11868712
Assignee: WORKIVA INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. A method for partially publishing edits to a document, the method comprising:
displaying, on a first user account on a first computing device and on a second user account, a first document comprising a first cell and a second cell;
displaying a second document comprising a linked version of the first cell and a linked version of the second cell, wherein the content of the linked version of the first cell matches that of the first cell and the content of the linked version of the second cell matches that of the second cell;
receiving a plurality of edits of the first cell, the plurality of edits, including receiving, from the first user account, an edit of the first cell that is a most recent edit of the first cell, and receiving edits from the second user account;
receiving, from the second user account, an edit of the second cell;
receiving, from the first user account, an indication that the edit of the first cell is to be published, wherein the indication that the edit of the first cell is to be published is received after the most recent edit of the first cell; and
in response to receiving the indication that the edit of the first cell is to be published,
publishing the edit of the first cell by making the edit of the first cell to the linked version of the first cell, including making only the most recent edit to the first cell to the linked version of the first cell, wherein the linked version of the first cell of the displayed second document is updated with the edit of the first cell, and
leaving the linked version of the second cell unchanged so that the content of the linked version of the second cell no longer matches that of the second cell, including sending, to the second user account, a notification of an unpublished change to the linked version of the second cell.