diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
index 215d440129..204ba68e48 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
@@ -38,42 +38,10 @@ module.exports = HttpController =
 		if req.query.limit?
 			limit = parseInt(req.query.limit, 10)
 
-		UpdatesManager.getUpdatesWithUserInfo doc_id, to: to, limit: limit, (error, updates) ->
+		UpdatesManager.getSummarizedUpdates doc_id, to: to, limit: limit, (error, updates) ->
 			return next(error) if error?
-			res.send JSON.stringify updates: HttpController._buildUpdatesView(updates)
+			res.send JSON.stringify updates: updates
 
-	TIME_BETWEEN_DISTINCT_UPDATES: fiveMinutes = 5 * 60 * 1000
-	_buildUpdatesView: (updates) ->
-		view = []
-		for update in updates.slice().reverse()
-			lastUpdate = view[view.length - 1]
-			if lastUpdate and update.meta.start_ts - lastUpdate.meta.end_ts < @TIME_BETWEEN_DISTINCT_UPDATES
-				if update.meta.user?
-					userExists = false
-					for user in lastUpdate.meta.users
-						if user.id == update.meta.user.id
-							userExists = true
-							break
-					if !userExists
-						lastUpdate.meta.users.push update.meta.user
-				lastUpdate.meta.start_ts = Math.min(lastUpdate.meta.start_ts, update.meta.start_ts)
-				lastUpdate.meta.end_ts   = Math.max(lastUpdate.meta.end_ts, update.meta.end_ts)
-				lastUpdate.toV = update.v
-			else
-				newUpdate =
-					meta:
-						users: []
-						start_ts: update.meta.start_ts
-						end_ts: update.meta.end_ts
-					fromV: update.v
-					toV: update.v
-
-				if update.meta.user?
-					newUpdate.meta.users.push update.meta.user
-
-				view.push newUpdate
-
-		return view.reverse()
 
 	restore: (req, res, next = (error) ->) ->
 		{doc_id, project_id, version} = req.params
diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee
index 7261b3f341..bb8c9069b2 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ module.exports = UpdatesManager =
 				return callback(error) if error?
 				callback null, updates
 
+	getSummarizedUpdates: (doc_id, options = {}, callback = (error, updates) ->) ->
+		UpdatesManager.getUpdatesWithUserInfo doc_id, options, (error, updates) ->
+			return callback(error) if error?
+			callback null, UpdatesManager._summarizeUpdates(updates)
+
 	fillUserInfo: (updates, callback = (error, updates) ->) ->
 		users = {}
 		for update in updates
@@ -105,3 +110,37 @@ module.exports = UpdatesManager =
 			return false
 		else
 			return !!user_id.match(/^[a-f0-9]{24}$/)
+
+
+	TIME_BETWEEN_DISTINCT_UPDATES: fiveMinutes = 5 * 60 * 1000
+	_summarizeUpdates: (updates) ->
+		view = []
+		for update in updates.slice().reverse()
+			lastUpdate = view[view.length - 1]
+			if lastUpdate and update.meta.start_ts - lastUpdate.meta.end_ts < @TIME_BETWEEN_DISTINCT_UPDATES
+				if update.meta.user?
+					userExists = false
+					for user in lastUpdate.meta.users
+						if user.id == update.meta.user.id
+							userExists = true
+							break
+					if !userExists
+						lastUpdate.meta.users.push update.meta.user
+				lastUpdate.meta.start_ts = Math.min(lastUpdate.meta.start_ts, update.meta.start_ts)
+				lastUpdate.meta.end_ts   = Math.max(lastUpdate.meta.end_ts, update.meta.end_ts)
+				lastUpdate.toV = update.v
+			else
+				newUpdate =
+					meta:
+						users: []
+						start_ts: update.meta.start_ts
+						end_ts: update.meta.end_ts
+					fromV: update.v
+					toV: update.v
+
+				if update.meta.user?
+					newUpdate.meta.users.push update.meta.user
+
+				view.push newUpdate
+
+		return view.reverse()
diff --git a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/HttpController/HttpControllerTests.coffee b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/HttpController/HttpControllerTests.coffee
index f6ec9bdee8..e628736f84 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/HttpController/HttpControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/HttpController/HttpControllerTests.coffee
@@ -74,77 +74,17 @@ describe "HttpController", ->
 					limit: @limit.toString()
 			@res =
 				send: sinon.stub()
-			@rawUpdates = ["raw-updates"]
-			@updatesView = ["updates-view"]
-			@HttpController._buildUpdatesView = sinon.stub().returns(@updatesView)
-			@UpdatesManager.getUpdatesWithUserInfo = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null, @rawUpdates)
+			@updates = ["mock-summarized-updates"]
+			@UpdatesManager.getSummarizedUpdates = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null, @updates)
 			@HttpController.getUpdates @req, @res, @next
 
 		it "should get the updates", ->
-			@UpdatesManager.getUpdatesWithUserInfo
+			@UpdatesManager.getSummarizedUpdates
 				.calledWith(@doc_id, to: @to, limit: @limit)
 				.should.equal true
 
-		it "should build the updates view", ->
-			@HttpController._buildUpdatesView
-				.calledWith(@rawUpdates)
-				.should.equal true
-
 		it "should return the formatted updates", ->
-			@res.send.calledWith(JSON.stringify(updates: @updatesView)).should.equal true
-
-	describe "_buildUpdatesView", ->
-		it "should concat updates that are close in time", ->
-			expect(@HttpController._buildUpdatesView [{
-				meta:
-					user: @user_2 = { id: "mock-user-2" }
-					start_ts: @now + 20
-					end_ts:   @now + 30
-				v: 5
-			}, {
-				meta:
-					user: @user_1 = { id: "mock-user-1" }
-					start_ts: @now
-					end_ts:   @now + 10
-				v: 4
-			}]).to.deep.equal [{
-				meta:
-					users: [@user_1, @user_2]
-					start_ts: @now
-					end_ts:   @now + 30
-				fromV: 4
-				toV:   5
-			}]
-
-		it "should leave updates that are far apart in time", ->
-			oneDay = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24
-			expect(@HttpController._buildUpdatesView [{
-				meta:
-					user: @user_2 = { id: "mock-user-2" }
-					start_ts: @now + oneDay
-					end_ts:   @now + oneDay + 10
-				v: 5
-			}, {
-				meta:
-					user: @user_1 = { id: "mock-user-2" }
-					start_ts: @now
-					end_ts:   @now + 10
-				v: 4
-			}]).to.deep.equal [{
-				meta:
-					users: [@user_2]
-					start_ts: @now + oneDay
-					end_ts:   @now + oneDay + 10
-				fromV: 5
-				toV: 5
-			}, {
-				meta:
-					users: [@user_1]
-					start_ts: @now
-					end_ts:   @now + 10
-				fromV: 4
-				toV: 4
-			}]
+			@res.send.calledWith(JSON.stringify(updates: @updates)).should.equal true
 
 	describe "RestoreManager", ->
 		beforeEach ->
diff --git a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/UpdatesManager/UpdatesManagerTests.coffee b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/UpdatesManager/UpdatesManagerTests.coffee
index 67fc7b0d14..0a37cb9934 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/UpdatesManager/UpdatesManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/UpdatesManager/UpdatesManagerTests.coffee
@@ -242,6 +242,29 @@ describe "UpdatesManager", ->
 		it "shoudl return the updates with the filled details", ->
 			@callback.calledWith(null, @updatesWithUserInfo).should.equal true
 
+	describe "getSummarizedUpdates", ->
+		beforeEach ->
+			@to = 42
+			@limit = 10
+			@updates = ["mock-updates"]
+			@summarizedUpdates = ["summarized-updates"]
+			@UpdatesManager._summarizeUpdates = sinon.stub().returns(@summarizedUpdates)
+			@UpdatesManager.getUpdatesWithUserInfo = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null, @updates)
+			@UpdatesManager.getSummarizedUpdates @doc_id, { to: @to, limit: @limit }, @callback
+
+		it "should get the updates", ->
+			@UpdatesManager.getUpdatesWithUserInfo
+				.calledWith(@doc_id, { to: @to, limit: @limit })
+				.should.equal true
+
+		it "should summarize the updates", ->
+			@UpdatesManager._summarizeUpdates
+				.calledWith(@updates)
+				.should.equal true
+
+		it "should call the callback with the summarized updates", ->
+			@callback.calledWith(null, @summarizedUpdates).should.equal true
+
 	describe "fillUserInfo", ->
 		describe "with valid users", ->
 			beforeEach (done) ->
@@ -330,5 +353,60 @@ describe "UpdatesManager", ->
 					op: "mock-op-2"
 				}]
 
+	describe "_buildUpdatesView", ->
+		beforeEach ->
+			@now = Date.now()
+
+		it "should concat updates that are close in time", ->
+			expect(@UpdatesManager._summarizeUpdates [{
+				meta:
+					user: @user_2 = { id: "mock-user-2" }
+					start_ts: @now + 20
+					end_ts:   @now + 30
+				v: 5
+			}, {
+				meta:
+					user: @user_1 = { id: "mock-user-1" }
+					start_ts: @now
+					end_ts:   @now + 10
+				v: 4
+			}]).to.deep.equal [{
+				meta:
+					users: [@user_1, @user_2]
+					start_ts: @now
+					end_ts:   @now + 30
+				fromV: 4
+				toV:   5
+			}]
+
+		it "should leave updates that are far apart in time", ->
+			oneDay = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24
+			expect(@UpdatesManager._summarizeUpdates [{
+				meta:
+					user: @user_2 = { id: "mock-user-2" }
+					start_ts: @now + oneDay
+					end_ts:   @now + oneDay + 10
+				v: 5
+			}, {
+				meta:
+					user: @user_1 = { id: "mock-user-2" }
+					start_ts: @now
+					end_ts:   @now + 10
+				v: 4
+			}]).to.deep.equal [{
+				meta:
+					users: [@user_2]
+					start_ts: @now + oneDay
+					end_ts:   @now + oneDay + 10
+				fromV: 5
+				toV: 5
+			}, {
+				meta:
+					users: [@user_1]
+					start_ts: @now
+					end_ts:   @now + 10
+				fromV: 4
+				toV: 4
+			}]