Document update method
First Claim
1. A method for updating a module from a host computer to remote computer, said module being stored on a computer readable medium, the method including the steps of:
- associating said module with a unique identifier including version information of said module;
establishing a communications connection between said host computer to and said remote computer;
comparing version information of said module on said host computer to and version information on said remote computer;
transmitting said module to said remote computer when said module on said host computer supersedes module on said remote computer in accordance with said version information.
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Abstract
This invention provides a method for updating a document module for use with an application program on a remote computer from a host computer. The method includes the steps of creating a document module and storing the document module at a resource center, associating the document module with a time-dependent unique identifier. The method includes the further steps of comparing the time dependent unique identifier associated with the document module at the remote device to the identifier at the resource center, and transmitting the document module at the resource center when the version on the remote computer is superseded.
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6 Claims
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1. A method for updating a module from a host computer to remote computer, said module being stored on a computer readable medium, the method including the steps of:
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associating said module with a unique identifier including version information of said module;
establishing a communications connection between said host computer to and said remote computer;
comparing version information of said module on said host computer to and version information on said remote computer;
transmitting said module to said remote computer when said module on said host computer supersedes module on said remote computer in accordance with said version information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for updating documents, the system having an application program and an add-on software module characterized by adding additional functions to said application program, the system including:
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a resource center for managing document modules for use with said application program, said resource center communicatively coupled to a plurality of remote computers, said remote computers being configured to receive document modules from said resource center;
a version administrator for creating, editing and revising said document modules at the resource center in accordance with said functions afforded by said add-on software module; and
a version manager at the remote computer for checking and comparing said version information of the module thereon with said version information of the module at the resource center and initiating said updating of said document modules at said remote computer in accordance with said functions afforded by said add-on software module and to said comparison.
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