Patent ID: 8954520
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of managing shared content on a server in a communications network, the method being performed by one or more processors of the server and comprising: receiving a request to send a modification message from a computing device of a first user of a plurality of users in the communications network, wherein the request includes information identifying a first modification to a master copy of content stored by the server and a second user of the plurality of users to which the modification message is to be sent, wherein the first modification is attributed to a first user-specific version of the content, and wherein the first user-specific version of the content is associated with the first user; determining a second modification to the master copy of the content based on (i) the first modification to the master copy and (ii) a second user-specific version of the content, wherein the second user-specific version of the content is associated with the second user; transmitting the modification message, to a computing device of the second user, wherein the modification message includes information identifying the second modification to the master copy of the content and the first user as a sender of the modification message; receiving a response from the second user accepting or rejecting the second modification to the master copy of the content; and based on the response from the second user, selectively attributing the second modification to the second user-specific version of the content without modifying the first user-specific version of the content.