CN113204528A

CN113204528A - Method and device for sharing document

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Publication number: CN113204528A
Application number: CN202110583579.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 钟名铖
Original assignee: Beijing Yijiao Wenshu Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Yijiao Wenshu Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-29
Filing date: 2021-05-27
Publication date: 2021-08-03

Abstract

The application aims to provide a method for sharing documents, which comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps of responding to an editing configuration operation executed by a first user for a target document, and obtaining editing configuration information corresponding to the target document, wherein the first user is a sharing initiator of the target document and has editing authority of the target document, and the editing configuration information comprises a collaborative editing mode corresponding to the target document; and if the collaborative editing mode is a transfer editing mode, responding to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document, sharing the target document to a second user, and enabling the editing authority of the target document to be transferred from the first user to the second user. According to the method and the device, the document sharing mode is more various and flexible, the user can select to adopt the transmission editing mode under the actual application scene that the target document needs to be transmitted and modified, the document editing efficiency can be improved, and the document editing experience of the user is enhanced.

Description

Method and device for sharing document

Priority of CN 202110333372.6 (application date 2021-3-29)

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a technique for sharing documents.

Background

With the development of the times, the convenience and efficiency of document sharing and exchange are greatly improved, and in the prior art, document sharing can be realized through online document collaboration or a video conference, for example, a user can open a document in the video conference process and introduce or modify the document. However, the prior art only supports simultaneous editing of a document during sharing of the document.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the present application is to provide a method and apparatus for sharing documents.

According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a method of sharing a document, the method comprising:

the method comprises the steps of responding to an editing configuration operation executed by a first user for a target document, and obtaining editing configuration information corresponding to the target document, wherein the first user is a sharing initiator of the target document and has editing authority of the target document, and the editing configuration information comprises a collaborative editing mode corresponding to the target document;

and if the collaborative editing mode is a transfer editing mode, responding to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document, sharing the target document to a second user, and enabling the editing authority of the target document to be transferred from the first user to the second user.

According to an aspect of the present application, there is provided a first user equipment for sharing a document, the apparatus comprising:

a one-to-one module, configured to respond to an editing configuration operation performed by a first user for a target document, to acquire editing configuration information corresponding to the target document, where the first user is a sharing initiator of the target document and the first user has an editing right of the target document, and the editing configuration information includes a collaborative editing mode corresponding to the target document;

and the second module is used for responding to the sharing operation of the first user on the target document, sharing the target document to a second user and enabling the editing authority of the target document to be transferred from the first user to the second user if the collaborative editing mode is a transfer editing mode.

According to an aspect of the present application, there is provided an apparatus for sharing a document, wherein the apparatus includes:

a processor; and

a memory arranged to store computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

According to one aspect of the application, there is provided a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

According to another aspect of the application, there is provided a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the method of:

Compared with the prior art, the method and the device have the advantages that the transfer editing mode aiming at the target document is supported, under the transfer editing mode, the first user is responded to the sharing operation of the target document, the target document is shared by the second user, the editing authority of the target document is enabled to be transferred to the second user by the first user, so that the transfer editing aiming at the target document can be achieved, the document sharing mode is more various and flexible, the user can select the transfer editing mode under the actual application scene that the target document needs to be transferred and modified, the document editing efficiency can be improved, and the document editing experience of the user is enhanced.

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Other features, objects and advantages of the present application will become more apparent upon reading of the following detailed description of non-limiting embodiments thereof, made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a flow diagram of a method of sharing documents according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 illustrates a first user equipment structure diagram for sharing documents according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary system that can be used to implement the various embodiments described in this application.

The same or similar reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar elements.

Detailed Description

The present application is described in further detail below with reference to the attached figures.

In a typical configuration of the present application, the terminal, the device serving the network, and the trusted party each include one or more processors (e.g., Central Processing Units (CPUs)), input/output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory.

The Memory may include forms of volatile Memory, Random Access Memory (RAM), and/or non-volatile Memory in a computer-readable medium, such as Read Only Memory (ROM) or Flash Memory. Memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.

Computer-readable media, including both non-transitory and non-transitory, removable and non-removable media, may implement information storage by any method or technology. The information may be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of a program, or other data. Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, Phase-Change Memory (PCM), Programmable Random Access Memory (PRAM), Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), other types of Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), flash Memory or other Memory technology, Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transmission medium, which can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device.

The device referred to in this application includes, but is not limited to, a user device, a network device, or a device formed by integrating a user device and a network device through a network. The user equipment includes, but is not limited to, any mobile electronic product, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, etc., capable of performing human-computer interaction with a user (e.g., human-computer interaction through a touch panel), and the mobile electronic product may employ any operating system, such as an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, etc. The network Device includes an electronic Device capable of automatically performing numerical calculation and information processing according to a preset or stored instruction, and the hardware includes, but is not limited to, a microprocessor, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an embedded Device, and the like. The network device includes but is not limited to a computer, a network host, a single network server, a plurality of network server sets or a cloud of a plurality of servers; here, the Cloud is composed of a large number of computers or web servers based on Cloud Computing (Cloud Computing), which is a kind of distributed Computing, one virtual supercomputer consisting of a collection of loosely coupled computers. Including, but not limited to, the internet, a wide area network, a metropolitan area network, a local area network, a VPN network, a wireless Ad Hoc network (Ad Hoc network), etc. Preferably, the device may also be a program running on the user device, the network device, or a device formed by integrating the user device and the network device, the touch terminal, or the network device and the touch terminal through a network.

Of course, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing is by way of example only, and that other existing or future devices, which may be suitable for use in the present application, are also encompassed within the scope of the present application and are hereby incorporated by reference.

In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

FIG. 1 shows a flowchart of a method for sharing a document, according to one embodiment of the present application, including step S11 and step S12. In step S11, a first user device, in response to an edit configuration operation performed by a first user on a target document, acquires edit configuration information corresponding to the target document, where the first user is a sharing initiator of the target document and the first user has an edit permission of the target document, and the edit configuration information includes a collaborative edit mode corresponding to the target document; in step S12, if the collaborative editing mode is the delivery editing mode, the first user device shares the target document to a second user in response to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document, and transfers the editing right of the target document from the first user to the second user.

In step S11, a first user device, in response to an edit configuration operation performed by a first user on a target document, acquires edit configuration information corresponding to the target document, where the first user is a sharing initiator of the target document and the first user has an edit permission of the target document, and the edit configuration information includes a collaborative edit mode corresponding to the target document. In some embodiments, the first user may be the creator of the target document. In some embodiments, the first user may perform an editing configuration operation on the target document when creating the target document, and set editing configuration information corresponding to the target document. In some embodiments, the first user may further perform an editing configuration operation on the target document before sharing the target document, and set editing configuration information corresponding to the target document. In some embodiments, the editing configuration information includes a collaborative editing mode corresponding to the target document, where the collaborative editing mode includes, but is not limited to, a free editing mode and a transfer editing mode, the free editing mode refers to that after the first user shares the target document with other users, the first user and other users may all have editing rights of the target document, and may edit the target document together, or may also edit the target document separately, the transfer editing mode refers to that after the first user shares the target document with other users, the first user loses editing rights of the target document, and other users obtain editing rights of the target document, that is, the editing rights of the target document are transferred along with sharing of the target document. In some embodiments, the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document may be stored in the server, or the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document may also be stored in the user equipment, or the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document may also be directly stored inside the target document.

In step S12, if the collaborative editing mode is the delivery editing mode, the first user device shares the target document to a second user in response to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document, and transfers the editing right of the target document from the first user to the second user. In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing mode of the target document is the pass editing mode, in response to the first user sharing the target document to the second user, the editing right of the target document is transferred from the first user to the second user, the first user loses the editing right of the target document, and the second user obtains the editing right of the target document. In some embodiments, the first user may be one or more. In some embodiments, the first user may share the target document with the second user in an IM message, an email, or the like, or may share target document identification information such as a link address and a document number of the target document with the second user, and the second user may request to obtain the target document from the server according to the target document identification information. In some embodiments, the first user may perform the sharing operation after the target document is created, or may perform the sharing operation after the editing operation on the target document is completed. In some embodiments, after the second user finishes editing the target document, the second user may share the edited target document with other users again, the editing right of the target document is transferred from the second user to other users, the edited target document may also be re-shared with the first user, and the editing right of the target document is transferred from the second user to the first user again. In some embodiments, the first user device may share the target document directly to the second user device, or may share the target document to the second user device via the server. In some embodiments, the editing right of the target document may be recorded in the target document, and as the first user device shares the target document with the second user device, the editing right recorded in the target document on the first user device is updated to the fact that the first user loses the editing right of the target document, and the editing right recorded in the target document on the second user device is updated to the fact that the second user obtains the editing right of the target document. In some embodiments, the editing right of the target document may be further recorded in the server, and as the first user device shares the target document with the second user device via the server, the editing right recorded in the server is updated to that the first user loses the editing right of the target document and the second user obtains the editing right of the target document, and then the server may actively send the updated editing right to the first user device and the second user device, or the server may also send the updated editing right to the first user device or the second user device in response to an editing request or an editing right query request of the first user or the second user for the target document. In some embodiments, the editing right of the target document may also be recorded in the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document, and as the first user shares the target document with the second user, the editing right recorded in the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document is updated to the fact that the first user loses the editing right of the target document, and the second user obtains the editing right of the target document. In some embodiments, each user may edit the target document in a revision mode when editing the target document, and edit information of each user is recorded in the target document, where the edit information includes, but is not limited to, edit content, name of an editor, edit time, and the like.

The method and the device support a transfer editing mode aiming at the target document, respond to the sharing operation of a first user aiming at the target document under the transfer editing mode, share the target document to a second user, and enable the editing authority of the target document to be transferred to the second user by the first user, so that transfer editing aiming at the target document can be achieved, the document sharing mode is more various and flexible, the user can select to adopt the transfer editing mode under the actual application scene that the target document needs to be transferred and modified, the document editing efficiency can be improved, and the document editing experience of the user is enhanced.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: the method comprises the steps that first user equipment receives an edited target document shared by other users to the first user, and the editing authority of the target document is transferred to the first user from the other users. In some embodiments, after the other users edit the target document, the edited target document may be shared with the first user again, so that the editing right of the target document is transferred to the first user by the other users, and thus the first user obtains the editing right of the target document again.

In some embodiments, the editing configuration information further includes user identification information of one or more users that can own the editing rights of the target document; wherein the method further comprises a step S13 (not shown) before the step S12 is performed. In step S13, the first user device obtains a second user selected by the first user from the one or more users according to the edit configuration information. In some embodiments, the first user may also set user identification information for one or more users that may have editing rights for the target document, thereby restricting editing of the target document to between the one or more users, only the one or more users may edit the target document. In some embodiments, further, sharing of the target document may be limited between the one or more users, the first user may only share the target document to the one or more users, and the one or more users may only share the edited target document to the one or more users after editing the target document, without any way of sharing to other users beyond the user scope of the one or more users. In some embodiments, the one or more users include a first user. In some embodiments, the first user device presents user identification information of the one or more users to the first user, selects one or more second users among the one or more users by the first user, and shares the target document to the one or more second users.

In some embodiments, the editing configuration information further includes editing permission levels corresponding to the one or more users, and the first user shares the target document to a second user for the second user to edit the target document; wherein the step S13 includes: and the first user equipment obtains a second user selected by the first user from the one or more users according to the editing configuration information, wherein the editing permission level of the second user is less than or equal to that of the first user. In some embodiments, the first user may also set an editing permission level corresponding to each of the one or more users. In some embodiments, the first user has the highest level of editing rights. In some embodiments, the purpose of sharing the target document with the second user by the first user is to allow the second user to further edit the target document, at this time, the second user may only be a user whose corresponding editing permission level is less than or equal to the editing permission level corresponding to the first user among the one or more users, that is, the first user may only share the target document with a user whose editing permission level is less than or equal to the editing permission level of the first user for editing. In some embodiments, the editing permission level is a tree structure, and the first user may only share the target document with the user who has a descendant node whose editing permission level is self for editing. In some embodiments, after the second user finishes editing the target document, the second user may only share the target document to the user whose editing permission level is less than or equal to the own editing permission level for further editing, and so on.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: the first user equipment obtains a third user selected by the first user from the one or more users according to the editing configuration information, wherein the editing permission level of the third user is greater than or equal to that of the first user; in response to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document, sharing the target document to the third user for the third user to review the target document, and enabling the editing right of the target document to be transferred from the first user to the third user. In some embodiments, the purpose of sharing the target document with the second user by the first user is to allow the second user to review the target document and to review the editing of the target document by itself, at this time, the second user may only be a user whose corresponding editing permission level is greater than or equal to the editing permission level corresponding to the first user among the one or more users, that is, the first user may only share the target document with a user whose editing permission level is greater than or equal to itself for review. In some embodiments, the editing permission level is a tree structure, and the first user can only share the target document to the user whose editing permission level is the parent node and the ancestor node of the first user for review. In some embodiments, after the second user finishes reviewing the target document, the second user may only share the target document with users having an editing permission level greater than or equal to the second user for further review, and so on. In some embodiments, after the second user finishes editing the target document, the second user may select to share the edited target document with another user for further editing, or may select to share the edited target document with another user for review. In some embodiments, reviewing the target document refers to browsing the viewing target document and proposing a review opinion, and preferably, the target document may not be edited while reviewing the target document.

In some embodiments, the editing configuration information further includes user identification information of a reviewing user corresponding to at least one of the one or more users, and if there is a target reviewing user corresponding to the second user, the target document is shared to the target reviewing user by the second user after the second user performs the editing operation. In some embodiments, the first user may further set user identification information of a review user corresponding to each of the one or more users, after the second user edits the target document, if the review user corresponding to the second user exists, the second user needs to share the edited target document with the review user for the review user to review the target document, but may not share the edited target document with other users for further editing, and if the review user corresponding to the second user does not exist, the second user may share the edited target document with other users for further editing. In some embodiments, after the other user edits the target document, if there is a reviewing user corresponding to the other user, the other user also needs to share the edited target document with the reviewing user for the reviewing user to review the target document, and so on.

In some embodiments, if the number of the second users is one and the second user selects to continue sharing after the editing is completed, the target document is shared by the second user to a third user, and the editing right of the target document is transferred from the second user to the third user. In some embodiments, if the second user is one and the second user selects to continue to share the edited target document after the second user finishes editing the target document, the second user shares the edited target document with the third user, the editing right of the target document is transferred from the second user to the third user, the second user loses the editing right of the target document, and the third user obtains the editing right of the target document.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: the first user equipment uploads the editing configuration information to a server so that the second user can obtain the editing configuration information from the server, and the third user is determined according to the editing configuration information. In some embodiments, the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document may be stored in the server. In some embodiments, after the first user sets the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document, the editing configuration information is uploaded to the server, and after the first user shares the target document with the second user, the second user may request to acquire the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document from the server, so as to acquire the collaborative editing mode corresponding to the target document. In some embodiments, after the second user finishes editing the target document, a third user may be determined from the one or more users according to user identification information of the one or more users who can have the editing right of the target document in the editing configuration information, and the edited target document is shared to the third user.

In some embodiments, the sharing the target document to a second user in response to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document includes: responding to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document, sharing the target document and the editing configuration information to a second user, so that the second user can determine the third user according to the editing configuration information. In some embodiments, the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document may be stored in the user equipment, and after receiving the target document shared by the first user and the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document, the second user may obtain the collaborative editing mode corresponding to the target document from the editing configuration information. In some embodiments, the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document may also be directly stored in the target document, and after receiving the target document shared by the first user, the second user may obtain the collaborative editing mode corresponding to the target document from the editing configuration information in the target document. In some embodiments, after the second user finishes editing the target document, a third user may be determined from the one or more users according to user identification information of the one or more users who can have the editing right of the target document in the editing configuration information, and the edited target document is shared to the third user.

In some embodiments, the number of the second users is multiple, and the target document is shared with the first user by the multiple second users after the editing is completed. In some embodiments, if the number of the second users is multiple, that is, the first user shares the target document with the multiple second users, after the multiple second users edit the target document, the edited target document needs to be shared with the first user again for review or further editing, and the edited target document may not be shared with other users for review or further editing. In some embodiments, before the first user shares the target document with the plurality of second users, feedback time corresponding to the plurality of second users may be set in the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document, and after the first user shares the target document with the plurality of second users, the plurality of second users need to share the edited target document with the first user again within the feedback time for review or further editing.

In some embodiments, the editing configuration information further includes a collaborative editing relationship corresponding to the second users, so that the second users collaboratively edit the target document according to the collaborative editing relationship. In some embodiments, before sharing the target document to the second users, the first user may further set, in the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document, a collaborative editing relationship corresponding to the second users, where the collaborative editing relationship includes, but is not limited to, a free editing relationship, a synchronous editing relationship, a summary editing relationship, a transfer editing relationship, and the like, and the second users perform collaborative editing on the target document according to the collaborative editing relationship, and share the target document after the collaborative editing to the first user again.

In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing relationship is a free editing relationship, the editing configuration information further includes feedback time limits corresponding to the plurality of second users; wherein the method further comprises: and the first user equipment receives a plurality of edited target documents shared by the plurality of second users to the first user within the feedback time limit, and the editing authority of the target documents is transferred to the first user by the plurality of second users. In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing relationships corresponding to the second users are free editing relationships, after the first user shares the target document with the second users, the second users may edit the target document independently of each other, and the editing operations of the second users on the target document do not affect each other. In some embodiments, the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document further includes feedback time limits corresponding to the plurality of second users, and each second user needs to share the edited target document to the first user again within the feedback time limits. In some embodiments, when the feedback period is reached, the editing rights of the target document are transferred from the plurality of second users to the first user, and the first user regains the editing rights of the target document. In some embodiments, if the plurality of second users all have shared the edited target document with the first user again before the feedback deadline is reached, when a last feedback user in the plurality of second users shares the edited target document with the first user, the editing right of the target document is transferred from the plurality of second users to the first user, and the first user obtains the editing right of the target document again. In some embodiments, for each of the plurality of second users, when the second user shares the edited target document with the first user, the second user loses the editing authority of the target document.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and when the feedback period is reached, the first user equipment receives a target document which is automatically shared to the first user by the second user equipment corresponding to the second user and is edited by the second user currently for at least one second user which is not shared to the first user currently. In some embodiments, for a second user of the multiple second users, if the second user still does not actively share the edited target document to the second user when the feedback period corresponding to the multiple second users is reached, the second user device may automatically share the currently edited target document of the second user to the first user, and automatically feed back the currently edited target document of the second user to the first user on time no matter how the target document is edited.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and the first user equipment obtains the merged target document according to the merging operation of the first user aiming at the edited target documents. In some embodiments, the first user device receives a plurality of edited target documents that are newly shared by the plurality of second users to the first user, and then obtains a final merged target document according to a merging operation that is performed by the first user for the plurality of edited target documents. In some embodiments, the first user may send the final merged target document directly to the plurality of second users. In some embodiments, the first user may upload the final merged target document to the server, and then the server actively sends the final merged target document to the plurality of second users, or the server sends the final merged target document to one of the plurality of second users in response to an acquisition request of the second user. In some embodiments, the first user device may first attempt to automatically merge the multiple edited target documents, obtain the automatically merged target documents directly if there is no merge conflict, present at least one merge conflict to the first user if there is at least one merge conflict, manually resolve the at least one merge conflict by the first user, and obtain a final merged target document after all of the at least one merge conflict is resolved.

In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing relationship is a synchronous editing relationship, the editing operation of each second user on the target document is synchronized to other second users in real time; wherein the method further comprises a step S14 (not shown), in step S14, the first user device receives an edited target document shared by one of the second users to the first user, and makes the editing right of the target document transferred from the second users to the first user. In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing relationships corresponding to the second users are synchronous editing relationships, after the first user shares the target document with the second users, the second users synchronously edit the target document together, and the editing operation of each second user on the target document is synchronized in real time to other second users. In some embodiments, after the plurality of second users complete the synchronous editing of the target document, one of the plurality of second users may share the edited target document to the first user again, so that the editing right of the target document is transferred from the plurality of second users to the first user, the plurality of second users lose the editing right of the target document, and the first user obtains the editing right of the target document again. In some embodiments, any of the plurality of second users may re-share the edited target document to the first user. In some embodiments, a specific user of the plurality of second users may re-share the edited target document to the first user, where the specific user may be a user with the highest editing permission level among the plurality of second users.

In some embodiments, the editing configuration information further includes a feedback second user of the plurality of second users, the feedback second user has an authority to share the edited target document with the first user, and other second users of the plurality of second users except the feedback second user do not have an authority to share the edited target document with the first user; wherein the step S14 includes: and the first user equipment receives the edited target document which is fed back to be shared by the second users to the first user, and the editing authority of the target document is transferred to the first user by the plurality of second users. In some embodiments, the first user may designate one or more feedback second users among the multiple second users, only the feedback second users may share the target document after the synchronous editing to the first user again, and none of the multiple second users except the feedback second user may share the target document after the synchronous editing to the first user again, that is, only the feedback second user may initiate feedback of the target document after the synchronous editing by the multiple second users to the first user, and the other second users may not initiate feedback of the target document after the synchronous editing by the multiple second users to the first user.

In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing relationship is a summary editing relationship, the editing configuration information further includes a summary second user of the plurality of second users, and after editing is completed, other second users of the plurality of second users except the summary second user share the edited target document to the summary second user, so that the summary second user can merge the target document and the other second users lose the editing right of the target document; wherein the method further comprises: and the first user equipment receives the merged target document shared by the summarized second user to the first user, and the editing authority of the target document is transferred to the first user from the summarized second user. In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing relationships corresponding to the plurality of second users are summary editing relationships, the first user needs to designate a summary second user among the plurality of second users, after the first user shares the target document with the plurality of second users, the plurality of second users can edit the target document independently of each other, editing operations of each second user on the target document do not affect each other, and each second user needs to share the edited target document with the summary second user. In some embodiments, the first user may further set a feedback time limit corresponding to each second user, and each second user needs to share the edited target document to the summarizing second user within the feedback time limit. In some embodiments, after each second user shares the edited target document with the summarizing second user, the second user loses the editing right of the target document. In some embodiments, the summarizing second user receives a plurality of edited target documents shared by a plurality of second users to the summarizing second user, and then the summarizing second user needs to perform a merging operation on the plurality of edited target documents to obtain a final merged target document, and the final merged target document is shared again to the first user, so that the editing right of the target document is transferred from the summarizing second user to the first user, the summarizing second user loses the editing right of the target document, and the first user obtains the editing right of the target document again. In some embodiments, the summarizing second user may directly send the final merged target document to the plurality of second users. In some embodiments, the summarizing second user may upload the final merged target document to the server, and then the server actively sends the final merged target document to the plurality of second users, or the server sends the final merged target document to one of the plurality of second users in response to an acquisition request of the second user.

In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing relationship is a delivery editing relationship, the editing configuration information further includes editing sequence information corresponding to the plurality of second users; wherein, the sharing the target document to a second user in response to the sharing operation of the first user on the target document, and causing the editing right of the target document to be transferred from the first user to the second user, includes: in response to the sharing operation of the first user on the target document, sharing the target document to a second user ranked at the top according to the editing sequence information in the plurality of second users, so that the editing authority of the target document is transferred to the second user ranked at the top by the first user, the target document is shared by the second user ranked at the top after the editing is completed to a second user ranked at the next bottom by the second user ranked at the top according to the editing sequence information, and so on, transferring the editing authority of the target document to the second user ranked at the next bottom by the second user ranked at the top; wherein the method further comprises: and the first user equipment receives the edited target document shared by the second user in the last order of the plurality of second users according to the editing sequence information, so that the editing authority of the target document is transferred to the first user from the second user in the last order. In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing relationship corresponding to the plurality of second users is a transfer editing relationship, the first user needs to specify editing sequence information corresponding to the plurality of second users in the editing configuration information, then the first user may only share the target document with the second user, which is ranked first according to the editing sequence information, among the plurality of second users, but may not share the target document with other users among the plurality of second users, and the editing authority of the target document is transferred from the first user to the second user ranked first, after the second user ranked first further edits the target document, the edited target shared document may only be given to the second user, which is ranked next to the second user ranked first according to the editing sequence information, among the plurality of second users, but may not share the edited target document with other users among the plurality of second users, and transferring the editing authority of the target document from the second user ranked at the first position to the second user ranked at the next position, and so on, wherein each second user in the plurality of second users edits the target document in sequence according to the editing sequence information until the second user ranked at the last position in the plurality of second users according to the editing sequence information can only re-share the edited target document to the first user after further editing the target document, and the editing authority of the target document is transferred from the second user ranked at the last position to the first user.

Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating a first user equipment for sharing a document according to an embodiment of the present application, where the first user equipment includes a one-module 11 and a two-module 12. A one-to-one module 11, configured to respond to an editing configuration operation performed by a first user for a target document, to acquire editing configuration information corresponding to the target document, where the first user is a sharing initiator of the target document and the first user has an editing right of the target document, and the editing configuration information includes a collaborative editing mode corresponding to the target document; and a secondary module 12, configured to, if the collaborative editing mode is a pass editing mode, respond to a sharing operation of the first user for the target document, share the target document to a second user, and enable an editing right of the target document to be transferred from the first user to the second user.

The one-to-one module 11 is configured to, in response to an edit configuration operation performed by a first user for a target document, acquire edit configuration information corresponding to the target document, where the first user is a sharing initiator of the target document and the first user has an edit right of the target document, and the edit configuration information includes a collaborative edit mode corresponding to the target document. In some embodiments, the first user may be the creator of the target document. In some embodiments, the first user may perform an editing configuration operation on the target document when creating the target document, and set editing configuration information corresponding to the target document. In some embodiments, the first user may further perform an editing configuration operation on the target document before sharing the target document, and set editing configuration information corresponding to the target document. In some embodiments, the editing configuration information includes a collaborative editing mode corresponding to the target document, where the collaborative editing mode includes, but is not limited to, a free editing mode and a transfer editing mode, the free editing mode refers to that after the first user shares the target document with other users, the first user and other users may all have editing rights of the target document, and may edit the target document together, or may also edit the target document separately, the transfer editing mode refers to that after the first user shares the target document with other users, the first user loses editing rights of the target document, and other users obtain editing rights of the target document, that is, the editing rights of the target document are transferred along with sharing of the target document. In some embodiments, the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document may be stored in the server, or the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document may also be stored in the user equipment, or the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document may also be directly stored inside the target document.

And a secondary module 12, configured to, if the collaborative editing mode is a pass editing mode, respond to a sharing operation of the first user for the target document, share the target document to a second user, and enable an editing right of the target document to be transferred from the first user to the second user. In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing mode of the target document is the pass editing mode, in response to the first user sharing the target document to the second user, the editing right of the target document is transferred from the first user to the second user, the first user loses the editing right of the target document, and the second user obtains the editing right of the target document. In some embodiments, the first user may be one or more. In some embodiments, the first user may share the target document with the second user in an IM message, an email, or the like, or may share target document identification information such as a link address and a document number of the target document with the second user, and the second user may request to obtain the target document from the server according to the target document identification information. In some embodiments, the first user may perform the sharing operation after the target document is created, or may perform the sharing operation after the editing operation on the target document is completed. In some embodiments, after the second user finishes editing the target document, the second user may share the edited target document with other users again, the editing right of the target document is transferred from the second user to other users, the edited target document may also be re-shared with the first user, and the editing right of the target document is transferred from the second user to the first user again. In some embodiments, the first user device may share the target document directly to the second user device, or may share the target document to the second user device via the server. In some embodiments, the editing right of the target document may be recorded in the target document, and as the first user device shares the target document with the second user device, the editing right recorded in the target document on the first user device is updated to the fact that the first user loses the editing right of the target document, and the editing right recorded in the target document on the second user device is updated to the fact that the second user obtains the editing right of the target document. In some embodiments, the editing right of the target document may be further recorded in the server, and as the first user device shares the target document with the second user device via the server, the editing right recorded in the server is updated to that the first user loses the editing right of the target document and the second user obtains the editing right of the target document, and then the server may actively send the updated editing right to the first user device and the second user device, or the server may also send the updated editing right to the first user device or the second user device in response to an editing request or an editing right query request of the first user or the second user for the target document. In some embodiments, the editing right of the target document may also be recorded in the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document, and as the first user shares the target document with the second user, the editing right recorded in the editing configuration information corresponding to the target document is updated to the fact that the first user loses the editing right of the target document, and the second user obtains the editing right of the target document. In some embodiments, each user may edit the target document in a revision mode when editing the target document, and edit information of each user is recorded in the target document, where the edit information includes, but is not limited to, edit content, name of an editor, edit time, and the like.

In some embodiments, the apparatus is further configured to: receiving an edited target document shared by other users to the first user, and enabling the editing authority of the target document to be transferred to the first user from the other users. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the editing configuration information further includes user identification information of one or more users that can own the editing rights of the target document; wherein the device further comprises a three-module 13 (not shown). A third module 13, configured to obtain a second user selected by the first user from the one or more users according to the editing configuration information. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the editing configuration information further includes editing permission levels corresponding to the one or more users, and the first user shares the target document to a second user for the second user to edit the target document; wherein the one-three module 13 is configured to: and obtaining a second user selected by the first user from the one or more users according to the editing configuration information, wherein the editing permission level of the second user is less than or equal to that of the first user. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the apparatus is further configured to: obtaining a third user selected by the first user from the one or more users according to the editing configuration information, wherein the editing permission level of the third user is greater than or equal to that of the first user; in response to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document, sharing the target document to the third user for the third user to review the target document, and enabling the editing right of the target document to be transferred from the first user to the third user. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the editing configuration information further includes user identification information of a reviewing user corresponding to at least one of the one or more users, and if there is a target reviewing user corresponding to the second user, the target document is shared to the target reviewing user by the second user after the second user performs the editing operation. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, if the number of the second users is one and the second user selects to continue sharing after the editing is completed, the target document is shared by the second user to a third user, and the editing right of the target document is transferred from the second user to the third user. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the apparatus is further configured to: and uploading the editing configuration information to a server so that the second user can obtain the editing configuration information from the server, and determining the third user according to the editing configuration information. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference. .

In some embodiments, the sharing the target document to a second user in response to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document includes: responding to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document, sharing the target document and the editing configuration information to a second user, so that the second user can determine the third user according to the editing configuration information. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the number of the second users is multiple, and the target document is shared with the first user by the multiple second users after the editing is completed. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the editing configuration information further includes a collaborative editing relationship corresponding to the second users, so that the second users collaboratively edit the target document according to the collaborative editing relationship. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing relationship is a free editing relationship, the editing configuration information further includes feedback time limits corresponding to the plurality of second users; wherein the device is further configured to: receiving a plurality of edited target documents shared by the plurality of second users to the first user within the feedback time limit, and enabling the editing authority of the target documents to be transferred to the first user by the plurality of second users. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the apparatus is further configured to: and when the feedback period is reached, receiving a target document which is automatically shared to the first user by second user equipment corresponding to at least one second user which is not currently shared to the first user and is currently edited by the second user. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the apparatus is further configured to: and acquiring a merged target document according to the merging operation of the first user aiming at the plurality of edited target documents. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing relationship is a synchronous editing relationship, the editing operation of each second user on the target document is synchronized to other second users in real time; the apparatus further includes a fourth module 14 (not shown), where the fourth module 14 is configured to receive an edited target document shared by one of the second users to the first user, and enable the editing authority of the target document to be transferred from the second users to the first user. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the editing configuration information further includes a feedback second user of the plurality of second users, the feedback second user has an authority to share the edited target document with the first user, and other second users of the plurality of second users except the feedback second user do not have an authority to share the edited target document with the first user; wherein the four modules 14 are configured to: and receiving the edited target document which is fed back to be shared by the second users to the first user, and enabling the editing authority of the target document to be transferred to the first user from the second users. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing relationship is a summary editing relationship, the editing configuration information further includes a summary second user of the plurality of second users, and after editing is completed, other second users of the plurality of second users except the summary second user share the edited target document to the summary second user, so that the summary second user can merge the target document and the other second users lose the editing right of the target document; wherein the device is further configured to: and receiving the merged target document shared by the second summarizing user to the first user, and transferring the editing authority of the target document from the second summarizing user to the first user. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, if the collaborative editing relationship is a delivery editing relationship, the editing configuration information further includes editing sequence information corresponding to the plurality of second users; wherein, the sharing the target document to a second user in response to the sharing operation of the first user on the target document, and causing the editing right of the target document to be transferred from the first user to the second user, includes: in response to the sharing operation of the first user on the target document, sharing the target document to a second user ranked at the top according to the editing sequence information in the plurality of second users, so that the editing authority of the target document is transferred to the second user ranked at the top by the first user, the target document is shared by the second user ranked at the top after the editing is completed to a second user ranked at the next bottom by the second user ranked at the top according to the editing sequence information, and so on, transferring the editing authority of the target document to the second user ranked at the next bottom by the second user ranked at the top; wherein the device is further configured to: receiving an edited target document shared by a second user in the plurality of second users, which is ranked at the last according to the editing sequence information, to the first user, so that the editing authority of the target document is transferred from the second user ranked at the last to the first user. Here, the related operations are the same as or similar to those of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and therefore are not described again, and are included herein by reference.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 3, the system 300 can be implemented as any of the devices in the various embodiments described. In some embodiments, system 300 may include one or more computer-readable media (e.g., system memory or NVM/storage 320) having instructions and one or more processors (e.g., processor(s) 305) coupled with the one or more computer-readable media and configured to execute the instructions to implement modules to perform the actions described herein.

For one embodiment, system control module 310 may include any suitable interface controllers to provide any suitable interface to at least one of processor(s) 305 and/or any suitable device or component in communication with system control module 310.

The system control module 310 may include a memory controller module 330 to provide an interface to the system memory 315. Memory controller module 330 may be a hardware module, a software module, and/or a firmware module.

System memory 315 may be used, for example, to load and store data and/or instructions for system 300. For one embodiment, system memory 315 may include any suitable volatile memory, such as suitable DRAM. In some embodiments, the system memory 315 may include a double data rate type four synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR4 SDRAM).

For one embodiment, system control module 310 may include one or more input/output (I/O) controllers to provide an interface to NVM/storage 320 and communication interface(s) 325.

For example, NVM/storage 320 may be used to store data and/or instructions. NVM/storage 320 may include any suitable non-volatile memory (e.g., flash memory) and/or may include any suitable non-volatile storage device(s) (e.g., one or more Hard Disk Drives (HDDs), one or more Compact Disc (CD) drives, and/or one or more Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) drives).

NVM/storage 320 may include storage resources that are physically part of the device on which system 300 is installed or may be accessed by the device and not necessarily part of the device. For example, NVM/storage 320 may be accessible over a network via communication interface(s) 325.

Communication interface(s) 325 may provide an interface for system 300 to communicate over one or more networks and/or with any other suitable device. System 300 may wirelessly communicate with one or more components of a wireless network according to any of one or more wireless network standards and/or protocols.

For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s) 305 may be packaged together with logic for one or more controller(s) (e.g., memory controller module 330) of the system control module 310. For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s) 305 may be packaged together with logic for one or more controller(s) of the system control module 310 to form a System In Package (SiP). For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s) 305 may be integrated on the same die with logic for one or more controller(s) of the system control module 310. For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s) 305 may be integrated on the same die with logic for one or more controller(s) of the system control module 310 to form a system on a chip (SoC).

In various embodiments, system 300 may be, but is not limited to being: a server, a workstation, a desktop computing device, or a mobile computing device (e.g., a laptop computing device, a holding computing device, a tablet, a netbook, etc.). In various embodiments, system 300 may have more or fewer components and/or different architectures. For example, in some embodiments, system 300 includes one or more cameras, a keyboard, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen (including a touch screen display), a non-volatile memory port, multiple antennas, a graphics chip, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), and speakers.

The present application also provides a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer code which, when executed, performs a method as in any one of the preceding.

The present application also provides a computer program product, which when executed by a computer device, performs the method of any of the preceding claims.

The present application further provides a computer device, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory for storing one or more computer programs;

the one or more computer programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the method of any preceding claim.

It should be noted that the present application may be implemented in software and/or a combination of software and hardware, for example, implemented using Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), general purpose computers or any other similar hardware devices. In one embodiment, the software programs of the present application may be executed by a processor to implement the steps or functions described above. Likewise, the software programs (including associated data structures) of the present application may be stored in a computer readable recording medium, such as RAM memory, magnetic or optical drive or diskette and the like. Additionally, some of the steps or functions of the present application may be implemented in hardware, for example, as circuitry that cooperates with the processor to perform various steps or functions.

In addition, some of the present application may be implemented as a computer program product, such as computer program instructions, which when executed by a computer, may invoke or provide methods and/or techniques in accordance with the present application through the operation of the computer. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the form in which the computer program instructions reside on a computer-readable medium includes, but is not limited to, source files, executable files, installation package files, and the like, and that the manner in which the computer program instructions are executed by a computer includes, but is not limited to: the computer directly executes the instruction, or the computer compiles the instruction and then executes the corresponding compiled program, or the computer reads and executes the instruction, or the computer reads and installs the instruction and then executes the corresponding installed program. Computer-readable media herein can be any available computer-readable storage media or communication media that can be accessed by a computer.

Communication media includes media by which communication signals, including, for example, computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data, are transmitted from one system to another. Communication media may include conductive transmission media such as cables and wires (e.g., fiber optics, coaxial, etc.) and wireless (non-conductive transmission) media capable of propagating energy waves such as acoustic, electromagnetic, RF, microwave, and infrared. Computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data may be embodied in a modulated data signal, for example, in a wireless medium such as a carrier wave or similar mechanism such as is embodied as part of spread spectrum techniques. The term "modulated data signal" means a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. The modulation may be analog, digital or hybrid modulation techniques.

By way of example, and not limitation, computer-readable storage media may include volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. For example, computer-readable storage media include, but are not limited to, volatile memory such as random access memory (RAM, DRAM, SRAM); and non-volatile memory such as flash memory, various read-only memories (ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM), magnetic and ferromagnetic/ferroelectric memories (MRAM, FeRAM); and magnetic and optical storage devices (hard disk, tape, CD, DVD); or other now known media or later developed that can store computer-readable information/data for use by a computer system.

An embodiment according to the present application comprises an apparatus comprising a memory for storing computer program instructions and a processor for executing the program instructions, wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, trigger the apparatus to perform a method and/or a solution according to the aforementioned embodiments of the present application.

It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present application may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the application being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned. Furthermore, it is obvious that the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the singular does not exclude the plural. A plurality of units or means recited in the apparatus claims may also be implemented by one unit or means in software or hardware. The terms first, second, etc. are used to denote names, but not any particular order.

Various aspects of various embodiments are defined in the claims. These and other aspects of the various embodiments are specified in the following numbered clauses:

1. a method for sharing a document is applied to a first user equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

2. The method of clause 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an edited target document shared by other users to the first user, and enabling the editing authority of the target document to be transferred to the first user from the other users.

3. The method of clause 1, wherein the editing configuration information further comprises user identification information of one or more users who can own editing rights of the target document;

if the collaborative editing mode is a pass-through editing mode, the method responds to the sharing operation of the first user on the target document, shares the target document to a second user, and enables the editing authority of the target document to be transferred from the first user to the second user, and before the execution, the method further comprises:

and obtaining a second user selected by the first user from the one or more users according to the editing configuration information.

4. The method according to clause 3, wherein the editing configuration information further includes editing permission levels corresponding to the one or more users, and the first user shares the target document with a second user to edit the target document;

wherein the obtaining of the second user selected by the first user from the one or more users according to the edit configuration information comprises:

and obtaining a second user selected by the first user from the one or more users according to the editing configuration information, wherein the editing permission level of the second user is less than or equal to that of the first user.

5. The method of clause 4, wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining a third user selected by the first user from the one or more users according to the editing configuration information, wherein the editing permission level of the third user is greater than or equal to that of the first user;

in response to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document, sharing the target document to the third user for the third user to review the target document, and enabling the editing right of the target document to be transferred from the first user to the third user.

6. The method according to clause 3, wherein the editing configuration information further includes user identification information of a reviewing user corresponding to at least one of the one or more users, and if a target reviewing user corresponding to the second user exists, the target document is shared to the target reviewing user by the second user after the second user performs the editing operation.

7. The method according to clause 1, wherein if the number of the second users is one and the second users choose to continue sharing after editing is completed, the target document is shared to a third user by the second users, and the editing right of the target document is transferred from the second users to the third user.

8. The method of clause 7, wherein the method further comprises:

and uploading the editing configuration information to a server so that the second user can obtain the editing configuration information from the server, and determining the third user according to the editing configuration information.

9. The method according to clause 7, wherein the sharing the target document to a second user in response to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document comprises:

responding to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document, sharing the target document and the editing configuration information to a second user, so that the second user can determine the third user according to the editing configuration information.

10. The method according to clause 1, wherein the number of the second users is multiple, and the target document is shared with the first user by the multiple second users after editing is completed.

11. The method according to clause 10, wherein the editing configuration information further includes a collaborative editing relationship corresponding to the second users, so that the second users collaboratively edit the target document according to the collaborative editing relationship.

12. The method according to clause 11, wherein if the collaborative editing relationship is a free editing relationship, the editing configuration information further includes feedback time limits corresponding to the plurality of second users;

wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a plurality of edited target documents shared by the plurality of second users to the first user within the feedback time limit, and enabling the editing authority of the target documents to be transferred to the first user by the plurality of second users.

13. The method of clause 12, wherein the method further comprises:

and when the feedback period is reached, receiving a target document which is automatically shared to the first user by second user equipment corresponding to at least one second user which is not currently shared to the first user and is currently edited by the second user.

14. The method of clause 13, wherein the method further comprises:

and acquiring a merged target document according to the merging operation of the first user aiming at the plurality of edited target documents.

15. The method according to clause 11, wherein, if the collaborative editing relationship is a synchronous editing relationship, the editing operation of each second user on the target document is synchronized to other second users in real time;

wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an edited target document shared by one of the second users to the first user, and enabling the editing authority of the target document to be transferred to the first user by the second users.

16. The method according to clause 15, wherein the editing configuration information further includes a feedback second user among the plurality of second users, the feedback second user has a right to share the edited target document with the first user, and the other second users except the feedback second user among the plurality of second users do not have a right to share the edited target document with the first user;

wherein the receiving an edited target document shared by one of the second users to the first user and the transferring the editing right of the target document from the second users to the first user includes:

and receiving the edited target document which is fed back to be shared by the second users to the first user, and enabling the editing authority of the target document to be transferred to the first user from the second users.

17. The method according to clause 11, wherein if the collaborative editing relationship is a summary editing relationship, the editing configuration information further includes a summary second user among the plurality of second users, and after editing is completed, other second users among the plurality of second users except the summary second user share the edited target document to the summary second user, so that the summary second user can merge the target document, and the other second users lose the editing right of the target document;

wherein the method further comprises:

and receiving the merged target document shared by the second summarizing user to the first user, and transferring the editing authority of the target document from the second summarizing user to the first user.

18. The method according to clause 11, wherein if the collaborative editing relationship is a delivery editing relationship, the editing configuration information further includes editing sequence information corresponding to the plurality of second users;

wherein, the sharing the target document to a second user in response to the sharing operation of the first user on the target document, and causing the editing right of the target document to be transferred from the first user to the second user, includes:

in response to the sharing operation of the first user on the target document, sharing the target document to a second user ranked at the top according to the editing sequence information in the plurality of second users, so that the editing authority of the target document is transferred to the second user ranked at the top by the first user, the target document is shared by the second user ranked at the top after the editing is completed to a second user ranked at the next bottom by the second user ranked at the top according to the editing sequence information, and so on, transferring the editing authority of the target document to the second user ranked at the next bottom by the second user ranked at the top;

wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an edited target document shared by a second user in the plurality of second users, which is ranked at the last according to the editing sequence information, to the first user, so that the editing authority of the target document is transferred from the second user ranked at the last to the first user.

19. An apparatus for sharing a document, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory arranged to store computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform the method of any of clauses 1 to 18.

20. A computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the operations of the method of any of clauses 1 to 18.

21. A computer program product comprising a computer program, characterized in that the computer program realizes the steps of the method according to any of clauses 1 to 18 when executed by a processor.

Claims

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the editing configuration information further comprises user identification information of one or more users who can own editing rights of the target document;

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the editing configuration information further includes editing permission levels corresponding to the one or more users, and the first user shares the target document to a second user for the second user to edit the target document;

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the editing configuration information further includes user identification information of a reviewer corresponding to at least one of the one or more users, and if a target reviewer corresponding to the second user exists, the target document is shared to the target reviewer by the second user after the second user performs the editing operation.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein if the number of the second users is one and the second users choose to continue sharing after editing is completed, the target document is shared by the second users to a third user, and the editing authority of the target document is transferred from the second users to the third user.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the sharing the target document to a second user in response to the sharing operation of the first user for the target document comprises:

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second users are multiple, and the target document is shared by the multiple second users to the first user after editing is completed.