Patent ID: 8938505
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for co-authoring an electronic object by at least two devices, said electronic object being stored in a document management system, the method comprising: performing a reservation of an electronic object from a server for co-authoring as a response to a reservation request from a first client device desiring to edit said electronic object; writing the electronic object in modifiable form to a co-authoring folder in a cloud service which is a common location accessible by the first client device and at least one other device, said at least one other device not having a client access to the document managements system; providing an access to said first client device to said electronic object in said co-authoring folder; sending a link to said at least one other device, said link being configured to provide an access to said at least one other device to said electronic object in Said co-authoring folder; receiving a co-authoring request from said at least one other device using said link and providing the access to said at least one other device to said electronic object; and reading the electronic object from the co-authoring folder and writing the electronic object to the server, when co-authoring of the electronic object is finished by said devices.