Patent ID: 11935007
Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:
provide, to a first client device and a second client device, a collaborative content item within an online document accessible that is simultaneously accessible to the first client device and the second client device, the collaborative content item comprising a text display state and a render display state, wherein the render display state of the collaborative content item comprises a graphical representation based on source text within the text display state;
provide, to the first client device, the collaborative content item in the render display state, wherein the render display state causes the first client device to render the source text to generate a display of the graphical representation of the collaborative content item;
provide, for display on the first client device, a visual indication corresponding to the graphical representation and without displaying the source text, the visual indication based on a second client device modifying the source text of the collaborative content item;
receive, from a second client device, updated source text for the collaborative content item; and
provide, to the first client device, the updated source text for the collaborative content item, wherein providing the updated source text causes the first client device to provide an updated display of the graphical representation of the collaborative content item by rendering the updated source text.