METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION OF ACCESS TO DIGITAL FILES
First Claim
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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Abstract
The invention enables a user to create a saved Version of a file which gives (besides the usual content access and format specifications) information in a Wrapper which permits it to be transferred while maintaining a provenance relationship with other files and cryptographic relation with a server. Data in the Wrapper may include content location, Collaboration identity, provenance data, a site location for provenance data, data concerning necessary harmonisation, cryptographic or password data, data enabling the recipient to join a web service supporting the Collaboration, and other such data enabling web-supported interaction with the content. Upon opening the Version the user sees and can modify or re-transmit the content in a display that makes use of the Wrapper information to enable and organize access to the content, to the provenance information and related files, or other web-enabled interaction with the content and the Collaboration.
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23 Claims
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1. A method in a network device for distributed coordination of access to digital files, comprising the steps of
in 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method in a first communication device for distributed coordination of access to digital files, comprising the steps of:
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making a version of a file applying wrapper data to the version; indicating with an indicator the version as being a version with wrapper data; and sending the version file to a second communication device.
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21. A method in a second communication device for distributed coordination of access to digital files, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a version file at a receiver arrangement of the second communication device; reading the indicator of the version file; initiating an application to read the wrapper data; 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.
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22. A first communication device for distributed coordination of access to digital files comprising
a processor arranged to create a version of a file, to apply wrapper data to the version and to indicating with an indicator the version as being a version with wrapper data; - and
a transmission arrangement configured to send the version file to a second communication device.
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23. A second communication device for distributed coordination of access to digital files comprising
a receiving arrangement configured to receive a version file; -
a processor arranged to read an indicator of the version file, to initiate an application to read the wrapper data, and to use 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 a display arrangement configured to display the version, related versions and/or collation data of different versions of the file.
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