SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVELY EDITING A COMPOSITE DOCUMENT
First Claim
1. A method for collaboratively editing a composite document having a plurality of original document parts, the method comprising:
- for each of one or more original document parts;
storing a non-editable version of the original document part;
storing edits to the original document part in a plurality of edit parts, wherein each of the plurality of edit parts is editable by a single associated one of a plurality of users and non-editable by all other users of the plurality of users; and
individually encrypting the plurality of edit parts and storing the edit parts separately from the original document parts.
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Abstract
A method and system for collaboratively editing a composite document having a plurality of original document parts. For each of one or more original document parts, a non-editable version of the original document part may be stored. Edits to the original document part may be stored in a plurality of edit parts. Each of the plurality of edit parts may be editable by a single associated one of a plurality of users and may be non-editable by all other users of the plurality of users. The plurality of edit parts may be individually encrypted and the edit parts may be stored separately from the original document parts.
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1. A method for collaboratively editing a composite document having a plurality of original document parts, the method comprising:
for each of one or more original document parts; storing a non-editable version of the original document part; storing edits to the original document part in a plurality of edit parts, wherein each of the plurality of edit parts is editable by a single associated one of a plurality of users and non-editable by all other users of the plurality of users; and individually encrypting the plurality of edit parts and storing the edit parts separately from the original document parts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for a plurality of users to edit a composite document, comprising:
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one or more memories to store; one or more non-editable original parts of the composite document, a plurality of edit parts for storing edits to a non-editable original part, wherein each of the plurality of edit parts is editable by a single associated one of the plurality of users and non-editable by all other of the plurality of users, and one or more access information files to provide access individually to each user for each part of composite document, wherein the access information files provide each of the plurality of users with access to edit the plurality of edit parts associated therewith, no access to edit the one or more edit parts associated with other users, and access to view but not edit the original parts; and a document interface to locate the access information file corresponding to a user and to provide the user with a version of the composite document having parts accessed by the corresponding access information file. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform the method of:
for each of one or more original document parts in a composite document having a plurality of original document parts; storing a non-editable version of the original document part; storing edits to the original document part in a plurality of edit parts, wherein each of the plurality of edit parts is editable by a single associated one of a plurality of users and non-editable by all other users of the plurality of users; and encrypting the plurality of edit parts and storing the edit parts separately from the original document parts. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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