Patent ID: 9418054
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: presenting an electronic document via an online web application; detecting a change in a position of an insertion point in the electronic document, the electronic document being presented in a graphical user interface, the insertion point being an active point of editing of the electronic document; in response to the detecting of the change, dynamically repositioning a graphical user interface control to correspond to the position of the insertion point, the graphical user interface control comprising one or more functions for managing one or more comments in the electronic document; in response to the detecting of the change, altering a shape or design of the graphical user interface control and the one or more functions available via the graphical user interface control; and automatically propagating comments to other versions of the electronic document open at the time by other reviewers or the author without requiring the reviewer to save the document.