Providing shared resources

• US 20020091721A1
• Filed: 01/10/2001
• Published: 07/11/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Watson, David B., Burr, Dale E., Mcbride, Aaron A.
• Granted Patent: US 6,917,950 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99952 Coherency, e.g. same view to multiple users
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99954 Version management

Abstract

Providing shared resources includes receiving modified data that is modified from a data field of a source version of a collection of data and other data of the source version of the collection of data, determining if the other data differs from current data included in a current version of a collection of data that corresponds to the other data, and if the other data does not differ, including the modified data in the current data.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving modified data that is modified from a data field of a source version of a collection of data and other data of the source version of the collection of data;

determining if the other data differs from current data included in a current version of a collection of data that corresponds to the other data; and

if the other data does not differ, including the modified data in the current data.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting the modified data to a location having access to the current data.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising, if the other data does differ from the current data, enabling verification of the modified data before including the modified data in the current data.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising receiving verification and including the modified data in the current data.

5. The method of claim 1 in which the collection of data includes a web page.

6. The method of claim 1 in which the other data includes hidden data.

7. An article comprising:

a machine-readable medium which stores machine-executable instructions, the instructions causing a machine to;

receive modified data that is modified from a data field of a source version of a collection of data and other data of the source version of the collection of data;

determine if the other data differs from current data included in a current version of a collection of data that corresponds to the other data; and

if the other data does not differ, include the modified data in the current data.

8. The article of claim 7 further causing a machine to transmit the modified data to a location having access to the current data.

9. The article of claim 7 further causing a machine to, if the other data does differ, enable verification of the modified data before including the modified data in the current data.

10. The article of claim 9 further causing a machine to receive verification and include the modified data in the current data.

11. The article of claim 7 in which the collection of data includes a web page.

12. The article of claim 7 in which the other data includes hidden data.

14. The system of claim 13 in which the mechanism is also configured to transmit the web page including the original data to the user.

15. The system of claim 13 in which the mechanism is also configured to transmit the current version of the web page to the user.

16. The system of claim 13 in which enabling the user to verify the modified data includes

inserting the modified data into the current version of the web page,

noting the differences between the original data and the current data on the current version of the web page,

transmitting the current version of the web page to the user, and

receiving verification of the current version of the web page from the user.

17. The system of claim 16 in which the mechanism is also configured to include the modified data in the current data after the user verifies the data modified from the original data.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising transmitting the current version of the web page to the user.

20. The method of claim 18 in which enabling the user to verify the data modified from the hidden data includes inserting the modified data into the current version of the web page,

noting the differences between the hidden data and the current data on the current version of the web page,

transmitting the current version of the web page to the user, and

receiving verification of the current version of the web page from the user.

21. The method of claim 20 further comprising, after receiving verification of the current version of the web page from the user, including the modified data in the current version of the web page.

13. A system comprising:

a device configured to communicate with a network; and

a mechanism accessible by the device and configured to receive a web page across the network from a user including original data and modified data that is modified from the original data,

determine if the original data differs from current data included in a current version of the web page,

include the modified data in the current data if the original data does not differ from the current data, and

enable the user to verify the modified data before including the modified data in the current data if the original data does differ from the current data.

18. A method comprising:

transmitting a web page including hidden data to a user;

receiving a web page from the user including the hidden data and modified data that is modified from the hidden data;

determining if the hidden data differs from current data included in a current version of the web page;

if the hidden data does not differ from the current data, including the modified data in the current version of the web page;

if the hidden data does differ from the current data, enabling the user to verify the data modified from the hidden data before including the modified data in the current version of the web page.