Patent ID: 8996985
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing online document processing services, the method comprising: creating a document comprising a plurality of editable paragraphs of text; receiving a plurality of comments associated with the document; storing the plurality of comments in a comment thread associated with the document; causing a representation of the document and a representation of the comment thread to be displayed simultaneously on a first user device, wherein the representation of the document comprises at least a representation of the plurality of editable paragraphs of text; identifying an address associated with a user at a second user device within one of the plurality of comments; transmitting a first message to the address associated with the user at the second user device, the first message comprising a link to a page, which when selected, causes the representation of the document and the representation of the comment thread to be displayed simultaneously on the second user device; receiving a second message in response to the first message, the second message comprising a comment from the user at the second user device responsive to the first message; appending the comment from the user at the second user device to the comment thread; updating the representation of the comment thread on the first user device and the second user device with the comment from the user at the second user device to generate an updated representation of the comment thread; and causing the representation of the document and the updated representation of the comment thread to be displayed simultaneously on the first user device and the second user device; wherein the first and the second messages are email messages.