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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION OF ACCESS TO DIGITAL FILES

  • US 20090228716A1
  • Filed: 02/05/2009
  • Published: 09/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method in a network device for distributed coordination of access to digital files, comprising the steps ofin a first communication device, making a version of a file by applying wrapper data (including but not limited to a CollaborationID) to the file, whose original content data remain available;

  • in the first communication device, indicating with an indicator the version as being a version with wrapper data;

    sending the version file to a second communication device;

    receiving the version file at the second communication device;

    reading the indicator of the version file in the second communication device,initiating an application to read the wrapper data in the second communication device;

    using the wrapper data in the second communication device to access the version, related versions and/or collation data of different versions of the file, in a local or other store that contains records relating to other files with the CollaborationID found in the wrapper; and

    displaying the version, related versions and/or collation data of different versions of the file in a display of the second communication device.

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