US 11,868,712 B2
Method for partially publishing edits to a document
Hannah Joy Deering, Ames, IA (US); Thieu Van Tran Pham, Mesa, AZ (US); Travis Smith, Ames, IA (US); Edward Joseph Cupps, Ames, IA (US); Aaron David Hall, Bozeman, MT (US); Matthew Peter Hinrichsen, Ames, IA (US); Ryan A. King, Ankeny, IA (US); Joshua John Przybyszewski, Ames, IA (US); and Madelyn Renee Stephens, Des Moines, IA (US)
Assigned to WORKIVA INC., Ames, IA (US)
Filed by WORKIVA INC., Ames, IA (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,040.
Application 17/867,040 is a continuation of application No. 17/005,445, filed on Aug. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,392,760, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/893,430, filed on Aug. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0358284 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 40/177 (2020.01); G06F 40/106 (2020.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 40/177 (2020.01) [G06F 40/106 (2020.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for partially publishing edits to a document, the method comprising:
displaying, on a first user account on a first computing device and on a second user account, a first document comprising a first cell and a second cell;
displaying a second document comprising a linked version of the first cell and a linked version of the second cell, wherein content of the linked version of the first cell matches that of the first cell and content of the linked version of the second cell matches that of the second cell;
receiving, at a computing device and from the first user account, an edit of the first cell;
receiving, at the computing device and from the second user account, an edit of the second cell;
receiving, at the computing device and from the first user account, an indication that the edit of the first cell is to be published; and
in response to receiving the indication that the edit of the first cell is to be published,
publishing, by the computing device, the edit of the first cell by making the edit of the first cell to the linked version of the first cell, wherein the linked version of the first cell of the displayed second document is updated with the edit of the first cell, and
leaving the linked version of the second cell unchanged so that the content of the linked version of the second cell no longer matches that of the second cell.