Patent ID: 9135234
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for collaborative generation of digital reports, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer from an editor, information describing a layout of a digital report to be published as a plurality of pages, each page having one or more associated story blocks; configuring for display a publication layout of the digital report, the publication layout displaying the plurality of pages of the digital report; for each story block: receiving an approval from the editor for each story block; responsive to receiving, by the computer, the approval from the editor for each story block, configuring, by the computer, the digital report for publication; publishing the digital report as an interactive magazine to users belonging to a distribution list, wherein the published interactive magazine is configured to update visualization of the chart at read time using the latest underlying data of the live data source, the published interactive magazine further configured to allow a reader to: receiving a revised version of the digital report comprising updated story blocks; and publishing the revised version of the digital report to the users belonging to the distribution list.