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Distributed document version control

  • US 8,832,047 B2
  • Filed: 07/27/2005
  • Issued: 09/09/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving, by a server from a client, an offline audit log containing information with respect to modifications made to content provided within a first electronic document that is retained locally at the client, wherein the server forms part of a distributed document control system;

    making a determination, without active participation of the document author, and based at least in part on the information contained within the offline audit log, whether the first electronic document should supersede a second electronic document in the distributed document control system; and

    storing, based on the determination, information in the distributed document control system that links the first electronic document with the second electronic document in a superior-subordinate relationship such that when a request to modify content provided within the second electronic document is received, the distributed document control system forces content provided within the first electronic document to be modified;

    where receiving the offline audit log, making the determination and storing information in the distributed document control system are performed by one or more computers programmed to perform these operations.

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