Method and electronic device for editing content

Abstract

A content editing method and apparatus for efficiently editing of content by allowing one user who edits the content to confirm a region of the content edited by another user. The content editing method includes displaying a content select interface used by the first electronic device to select content stored in a server; displaying a content edit interface used to edit the content if the content is selected through the displayed content select interface; and displaying an object informing a redundant access to the selected content when a second electronic device attempts to edit a part of the selected content that is being edited by the first electronic device through the content edit interface.

1 . A method for providing a notification while editing a document at an electronic device using a document editing application, the method comprising:
 establishing a connection with a server which stores a plurality of documents;   providing, on a display of the electronic device, a list of the plurality of documents stored in the server;   selecting a document from the provided list of the plurality of documents stored in the server;   based on selecting the document, providing the document on the display of the electronic device using the document editing application;   editing a first partial portion of the document using the document editing application;   after editing the first partial portion of the document using the document editing application, editing a second partial portion of the document using the document editing application, wherein the first partial portion of the document is different from the second partial portion of the document;   while editing the second partial portion of the document using the document editing application, receiving, from the server, information indicating that the first partial portion of the document is edited by a user of another electronic device; and   based on the received information, providing a notification for indicating that the first partial portion of the document is edited by the user of the other electronic device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing, on the display of the electronic device using the document editing application, a region of the first partial portion edited by the user of the other electronic device visually different from another region of the first partial portion edited by a user of the electronic device.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the notification further comprising information regarding the user of the other electronic device who edited the first partial portion of the document. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the notification further comprising an instant messaging interface to communicate with the user of the other electronic device who edited the first partial portion of the document. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 based on the selecting the document, receiving, from the server, user information of the other electronic device which is connected to the server for editing the document.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the user information comprising a picture related to the user of the other electronic device. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 based on the selecting the document, receiving, from the server, time information that the other electronic device accesses to the document stored in the server.   
     
     
         8 . An electronic device comprising:
 a memory storing instructions; and   at least one processor is configured to execute the stored instructions to at least:
 establish a connection with a server which stores a plurality of documents; 
 provide, on a display of the electronic device, a list of the plurality of documents stored in the server; 
 select a document from the provided list of the plurality of documents stored in the server; 
 based on selecting the document, provide the document on the display of the electronic device using the document editing application; 
 edit a first partial portion of the document using the document editing application; 
 after editing the first partial portion of the document using the document editing application, edit a second partial portion of the document using the document editing application, wherein the first partial portion of the document is different from the second partial portion of the document; 
 while editing the second partial portion of the document using the document editing application, receive, from the server, information indicating that the first partial portion of the document is edited by a user of another electronic device; and 
 based on the received information, provide a notification for indicating that the first partial portion of the document is edited by the user of the other electronic device. 
   
     
     
         9 . The electronic device of  claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the stored instructions further to provide, on the display of the electronic device using the document editing application, a region of the first partial portion edited by the user of the other electronic device visually different from another region of the first partial portion edited by a user of the electronic device. 
     
     
         10 . The electronic device of  claim 8 , wherein the notification further comprising information regarding the user of the other electronic device who edited the first partial portion of the document. 
     
     
         11 . The electronic device of  claim 8 , wherein the notification further comprising an instant messaging interface to communicate with the user of the other electronic device who edited the first partial portion of the document. 
     
     
         12 . The electronic device of  claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the stored instructions further to receive, from the server, user information of the other electronic device which is connected to the server for editing the document, based on the selecting the document. 
     
     
         13 . The electronic device of  claim 12 , wherein the user information comprising a picture related to the user of the other electronic device. 
     
     
         14 . The electronic device of  claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the stored instructions further to receive, from the server, time information that the other electronic device accesses to the document stored in the server, based on the selecting the document. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing instructions executable by at least one processor of an electronic device to cause the at least one processor to at least:
 control to establish a connection with a server which stores a plurality of documents;   control to provide, on a display of the electronic device, a list of the plurality of documents stored in the server;   control to select a document from the provided list of the plurality of documents stored in the server;   based on selecting the document, control to provide the document on the display of the electronic device using the document editing application;   control to edit a first partial portion of the document using the document editing application;   after editing the first partial portion of the document using the document editing application, control to edit a second partial portion of the document using the document editing application, wherein the first partial portion of the document is different from the second partial portion of the document;   while editing the second partial portion of the document using the document editing application, control to receive, from the server, information indicating that the first partial portion of the document is edited by a user of the other electronic device; and   based on the received information, control to provide a notification for indicating that the first partial portion of the document is edited by the user of another electronic device.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of  claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause the at least one processor further to provide, on the display of the electronic device using the document editing application, a region of the first partial portion edited by the user of the other electronic device visually different from another region of the first partial portion edited by a user of the electronic device. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of  claim 15 , wherein the notification further comprising information regarding the user of the other electronic device who edited the first partial portion of the document. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of  claim 15 , wherein the notification further comprising an instant messaging interface to communicate with the user of the other electronic device who edited the first partial portion of the document. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of  claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause the at least one processor further to receive, from the server, user information of the other electronic device which is connected to the server for editing the document, based on the selecting the document. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of  claim 19 , wherein the user information comprising a picture related to the user of the other electronic device. 
     
     
         21 . The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of  claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause the at least one processor further to receive, from the server, time information that the other electronic device accesses to the document stored in the server, based on the selecting the document.