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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2012
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Philip Yue-Leung Chan, Redmond, WA (US);
Nathan F. Waddoups, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael Patrick Loughry, Kirkland, WA (US);
Maxim A. Ivanov, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for facilitating collaboration within message environments. In an implementation, a message system receives a request to send on behalf of a sender a message having an attachment. In response to the request, the message system generates a collaborative version of the attachment within a location associated with the sender. The collaborative version of the attachment may be modified to reflect updates initiated on behalf of recipients of the message.