COLLABORATIVE AUTHORING MODES

A COLLABORATIVE AUTHORING APPLICATION PROVIDES AN AUTHORING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TWO OR MORE USERS CAN EDIT A DOCUMENT CONCURRENTLY. EACH USER EDITS A COPY (155) OF THE DOCUMENT, SENDS UPDATES TO A MASTER COPY (150) OF THE DOCUMENT, AND RECEIVES UPDATES FROM THE MASTER COPY OF THE DOCUMENT. THE AUTH...

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Main Authors BAILOR, JONATHAN BECKETT, KNIGHT, MARK ROLLAND, BERNSTEIN, ETHAN JOSEPH, ANTOS, CHRISTOPHER JAMES
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 15.05.2017
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A COLLABORATIVE AUTHORING APPLICATION PROVIDES AN AUTHORING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TWO OR MORE USERS CAN EDIT A DOCUMENT CONCURRENTLY. EACH USER EDITS A COPY (155) OF THE DOCUMENT, SENDS UPDATES TO A MASTER COPY (150) OF THE DOCUMENT, AND RECEIVES UPDATES FROM THE MASTER COPY OF THE DOCUMENT. THE AUTHORING ENVIRONMENT MAY BE CONFIGURED INTO A PUBLIC MODE OF OPERATION, IN WHICH CONTENT AND METADATA ARE SYNCHRONIZED AUTOMATICALLY, OR INTO A PRIVATE MODE OF OPERATION, IN WHICH METADATA IS SYNCHRONIZED AUTOMATICALLY AND CONTENT IS SYNCHRONIZED ONLY AT THE REQUEST OF THE USER. THE AUTHORING APPLICATION (130) MAY EDIT DOCUMENTS OFFLINE IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MODE.
Bibliography:Application Number: MY2010PI02084