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System and method for managing collaborative data representations

  • US 20030009603A1
  • Filed: 09/12/2002
  • Published: 01/09/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a network; and

    a plurality of participant devices coupled to the network for collaborating on a collaborative resource, wherein each of the participant devices comprises a local data representation of the collaborative resource;

    wherein the local data representation at one of the participant devices is a server representation of the collaborative resource and the local data representations at the other participant devices are client representations of the collaborative resource, wherein the participant device having the server representation is responsible for coordinating state changes to the collaborative resource among the local data representations of the participant devices over the network; and

    wherein one of the participant devices having one of the client representations is configured to change its client representation into the server representation of the collaborative resource and take over responsibility for coordinating state changes to the collaborative resource among the local data representations of the participant devices.

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