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Collaborative document processing system with version and comment management

  • US 5,671,428 A
  • Filed: 08/28/1992
  • Issued: 09/23/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A document processing system, comprising:

  • editor means for writing, editing and displaying a document to be revised from an old version to a new version, version data indicating a modification made in the document between the new version and the old version and including an explanation of the modification, and a comment on the document; and

    data managing means for retrieving and storing document data by linking the document in the new version, the document in the old version, the comment on the document, and the version data;

    wherein when the editor means is activated to create a new comment while displaying the document, the data managing means automatically links the new comment created at the editor means with the document currently displayed at the editor means as an attached comment, and when the editor means is activated to revise the document from the old version to the new version while displaying the old version of the document along with at least one attached comment, the data managing means automatically links the at least one attached comment with the document in the new version as one or more influencing comments corresponding respectively to said at least one attached comment.

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