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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert A. Little, Redmond, WA (US);
Zeyad Rajabi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Scott M. Stiles, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system is provided in which access to documents and collaboration across varied platforms and feature versions is supported. A conversion and merge services is described that enables a client device to display documents irrespective of the original file format and re-integrate into the original document the modifications of the displayed document. The displayed document (as a whole or in parts) can be imported and converted to the file format of the original document before the changes are compared and merged into the original document. A set of application programming interfaces are also provided that perform certain tasks, such as highlight, comment, or format.