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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Joseph Masterson, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Nathan Waddoups, Redmond, WA (US);
Mirela Correa, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Fern, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Lloyd Meyers, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
David Paul Limont, Seattle, WA (US);
Jin Ma, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Automatic uploading of electronic communication attachments to a collaborative storage location for enabling efficient co-authoring among a group of users is provided. When an electronic communication item is received that contains an attached content item, a user may select the content item for review and/or editing. A communication (e.g., a responsive email message) may be automatically created and may include an attachment pointer to direct recipients of the communication to the location at which the edited content item will be stored at a collaborative group storage location. The communication may also include a posting for notifying recipients of the communication that the associated content item has been edited and by whom the content item was edited. Recipients of the communication may then locate the edited content item and may begin reviewing and/or editing the stored content item in a collaborative co-authoring environment.