Representation of last viewed or last modified portion of a document
A method, system, and computer program product for storing the settings of a last edited page or a last viewed page of a document and preprocessing the document to generate a thumbnail of the document. In an embodiment of the invention, the thumbnail comprises a representation of the last edited page or last viewed page of the document.
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
storing, for each one of a plurality of documents, an indication of a last accessed portion of the document, wherein the last accessed portion of the document is less than the entire document; and
displaying, simultaneously for each one of the plurality of documents, a single respective graphical representation for the document to a selected one of a plurality of users, wherein
the single respective graphical representation for the document is a representation of only the last accessed portion of the document,
the last accessed portion of the document depends on user-specific data that corresponds to an interaction of the selected user with the document,
the indication of the last accessed portion of the document is stored as user-specific metadata, and
different users who browse the plurality of documents see different graphical representations of a same document based on the user-specific metadata.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective graphical representation for the document is a thumbnail, and further comprising:
generating and storing the thumbnail of the document; and
retrieving the thumbnail of the document in response to receiving a request to view a listing of the plurality of documents.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
assigning a tag to the respective graphical representation for the document, wherein the tag indicates that the respective graphical representation corresponds to the document.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the representation of the last accessed portion of the document comprises:
a last modified portion of the document.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the representation of the last accessed portion of the document comprises:
a last viewed portion of the document.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said displaying comprises:
displaying a transparent preview of the last accessed portion of the document in response to input which indicates placement of an input device cursor over the graphical representation for the document.
7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, storing program instructions executable on a computer to perform:
storing, for each one of a plurality of documents, an indication of a last accessed portion of the document, wherein the last accessed portion of the document is less than the entire document; and
displaying, simultaneously for each one of the plurality of documents, a single respective graphical representation for the document to a selected one of a plurality of users, wherein
the single respective graphical representation for the document is a representation of only the last accessed portion of the document,
the last accessed portion of the document depends on user-specific data that corresponds to an interaction of the selected user with the document,
the indication of the last accessed portion of the document is stored as user-specific metadata, and
different users who browse the plurality of documents see different graphical representations of a same document based on the user-specific metadata.
8. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the respective graphical representation for the document is a thumbnail, and further comprising program instructions executable on the computer to:
generate and store the thumbnail of the document; and
retrieve the thumbnail of the document in response to receiving a request to view a listing of the plurality of documents.
9. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the representation of the last accessed portion of the document comprises:
a last modified portion of the document.
10. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the representation of the last accessed portion of the document comprises:
a last viewed portion of the document.
11. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 7 , wherein said displaying comprises:
displaying a transparent preview of the last accessed portion of the document in response to input which indicates placement of an input device cursor over the graphical representation for the document.
12. A system, comprising:
a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the memory comprises program instructions executable by the processor to:
store, for each one of a plurality of documents, an indication of a last accessed portion of the document, wherein the last accessed portion of the document is less than the entire document; and
display, simultaneously for each one of the plurality of documents, a single respective graphical representation for the document to a selected one of a plurality of users, wherein
the single respective graphical representation for the document is a representation of only the last accessed portion of the document,
the last accessed portion of the document depends on user-specific data that corresponds to an interaction of the selected user with the document,
the indication of the last accessed portion of the document is stored as user-specific metadata, and
different users who browse the plurality of documents see different graphical representations of a same document based on the user-specific metadata.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the respective graphical representation for the document is a thumbnail, and wherein the program instructions are further executable by the processor to:
generate and store the thumbnail of the document; and
retrieve the thumbnail of the document in response to an input.
14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the representation of the last accessed portion of the document comprises a last modified portion of the document.
15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the representation of the last accessed portion of the document comprises a last viewed portion of the document.
16. The system of claim 12 , wherein said displaying comprises displaying a transparent preview of the last accessed portion of the document in response to input which indicates placement of an input device cursor over the display of the graphical representation for the document.
17. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
storing, for each one of a plurality of documents, an indication of a last accessed portion of the document; and
displaying to a user, simultaneously for each one of the plurality of documents, a single respective graphical representation for the document without opening the document, wherein
the single respective graphical representation for the document is a representation of the last accessed portion of the document,
the displaying occurs without at least one of the document or the graphical representation for the document being interacted upon by the user,
the indication of the last accessed portion of the document is stored as user-specific metadata, and
different users who browse the plurality of documents see different graphical representations of a same document based on the user-specific metadata.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the graphical representation for the document is a thumbnail, and further comprising:
generating and storing the thumbnail of each document; and
retrieving the thumbnail of each document in response to receiving a request to view a listing of the plurality of documents.
19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the displaying occurs without the graphical representation for the document being accessed by the user.
20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the graphical representation for the document is a representation of only the last accessed portion of the document.
21. The method of claim 17 , wherein the representation of the last accessed portion of the document depends on user-specific data that corresponds to an interaction of the user with the document.
22. The method of claim 17 , wherein the graphical representation for the document is a thumbnail image.