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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Sasa Junuzovic, Collingwood, CA;
Prasun Dewan, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Yong Rui, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques are provided for indicating workspace awareness using one or more of a write shadow, a read shadow, and/or a shadowbar providing an indication of operations performed at associated locations by various users accessing a same document. A write shadow may be used to indicate a position in a document being modified by a user. A read shadow may be used to indicate a position being viewed by a user. A shadowbar may be used to indicate areas of overlap among users with a shading and coloring indicative of a degree of overlap.