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Remote multi-user editing system and method transmitting edit display information

  • US 6,411,965 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/1998
  • Issued: 06/25/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An editing system for presenting edits to a file substantially contemporaneously with an entry thereof to a plurality of users via a plurality of displays, comprising:

  • a) a file editing and display subsystem, including;

    1) first processor for accessing a stored file, receiving an editing instruction relative to said stored file, presenting, via a first display system connected to said first processor, a first display including said editing instruction, executing said editing instruction, and providing display information based on said executed editing instruction, wherein said display information includes edits to less than the whole of said file; and

    2) second processor for receiving said display information and using said display information to generate a second display, wherein said first processor and said second processor cooperate such that said second display reflects an editing instruction executed by said first processor and said second display is generated by said second processor substantially contemporaneously with execution of said editing instruction by said first processor;

    3) said first processor being designated as a host node of a network;

    4) said second processor being designated as a remote node separate from said host node; and

    b) network means for interconnecting said host node and said remote node so as to allow for communication therebetween wherein said display information based on said editing instruction is transmitted from said host node to said remote node such that said second display is generated at said remote node based on editing instructions executed on said host node.

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