Patent ID: 8214395
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method in a collaboration system for tracking a non-editable copy of a resource in a real-time collaborative session, the method comprising: creating the real-time collaborative session, the real-time collaborative session having participants; receiving from an owner of an original copy of the resource the non-editable copy of the resource that cannot be edited during the real-time collaborative session for viewing in the real-time collaborative session, the owner being a participant of the real-time collaborative session; recording a location of the original copy of the resource, the location associated with the owner of the original copy of the resource; sharing the non-editable copy of the resource during the real-time collaborative session so that the participants can view but not edit the non-editable copy of the resource as part of the real-time collaborative session; receiving from a requestor who is a participant of the real-time collaborative session a request to edit the original copy of the resource while the non-editable copy of the resource is being shared; determining whether the requestor has permission to edit the original copy of the resource; when it is determined that the requestor has permission to edit the original copy of the resource,