Patent Document ID: 9514110
Application ID: 13853024

Base Claim:
1. A document collaboration system comprising: a processor; scheduling instructions executable on the processor to: receive a request from a user for collaborative editing or collaborative reviewing of a section of an electronic document during a schedule time slot selected by the user; retrieve a schedule of the user; ascertain whether the section of the electronic document is unavailable for the collaborative editing or the collaborative reviewing during the selected schedule time slot; in response to ascertaining that the section of the electronic document is unavailable for the collaborative editing or the collaborative reviewing during the selected schedule time slot, propose a different schedule time slot for the user to perform the collaborative editing or the collaborative reviewing of the section of the electronic document; and in response to ascertaining that the section of the electronic document is available for the collaborative editing or the collaborative reviewing during the selected schedule time slot, determine availability of the user during the selected schedule time slot based on the retrieved schedule and in response to the determining, allow access to the user for the collaborative editing or the collaborative reviewing of the section of the electronic document for the selected schedule time slot.

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Claim 3:
3. The document collaboration system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the scheduling instructions are executable on the processor to generate another proposed time slot for the collaborative editing or the collaborative reviewing of the section of the electronic document based on determining unavailability of the user.