System to view and manipulate artifacts at a temporal reference point
First Claim
1. A system to view and manipulate artifacts at a temporal reference point, comprising:
- one or more artifact drafts associated with each of a plurality of artifacts, each of said one or more artifact drafts representing a state of the associated artifact at a point in time and one or more commands in a command stack that transformed said each artifact draft'"'"'s parent into said each artifact draft;
a plurality of traceability links and traceability vertices representing connections between said one or more artifact drafts of the plurality of artifacts, wherein a traceability link includes an edge between an artifact draft of an artifact in the plurality of artifacts and an artifact draft of another artifact in the plurality of artifacts, said artifact draft of an artifact in the plurality of artifacts and the artifact draft of another artifact in the plurality of artifacts forming the traceability vertices, the traceability link created at least in response to automatically detecting an action performed within one artifact that automatically accesses said another artifact, without a user explicitly accessing said another artifact wherein said another artifact is automatically identified, wherein the traceability link comprises an indication at said one artifact as a consumer and a first link pointing to an offset and length in said one artifact'"'"'s content where the action occurred, and an indication at said another artifact as a producer and a second link pointing to an offset and length of said another artifact'"'"'s content that is accessed;
a processor; and
a module operable to execute on the processor and navigate through said one or more artifacts of the plurality of artifacts from a reference temporal point via the plurality of traceability links,wherein the module is further operable to navigate across said one or more artifact drafts of different artifacts via the traceability links in response to an artifact draft being selected,wherein the artifact draft is selectable by point in time,wherein viewing the artifact draft that is selected enables viewing of all artifacts connected to the artifact draft that is selected in said all artifacts'"'"' states as said all artifacts'"'"' states were at points in time at which respective connection to the artifact draft that is selected was created,wherein the artifact and said another artifact are different application program documents.
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Abstract
One or more artifact drafts may be associated with each of a plurality of artifacts, each of the artifact drafts representing a state of the associated artifact at a point in time and one or more commands in a command stack that transformed the artifact draft'"'"'s parent into the artifact draft. Multiple traceability links and traceability vertices represent connections between the artifact drafts of the artifacts. A traceability link includes an edge between an artifact draft of an artifact and an artifact draft of another artifact. A module is operable to navigate through said one or more artifacts of the plurality of artifacts from a reference temporal point via the plurality of traceability links.
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18 Claims
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1. A system to view and manipulate artifacts at a temporal reference point, comprising:
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one or more artifact drafts associated with each of a plurality of artifacts, each of said one or more artifact drafts representing a state of the associated artifact at a point in time and one or more commands in a command stack that transformed said each artifact draft'"'"'s parent into said each artifact draft; a plurality of traceability links and traceability vertices representing connections between said one or more artifact drafts of the plurality of artifacts, wherein a traceability link includes an edge between an artifact draft of an artifact in the plurality of artifacts and an artifact draft of another artifact in the plurality of artifacts, said artifact draft of an artifact in the plurality of artifacts and the artifact draft of another artifact in the plurality of artifacts forming the traceability vertices, the traceability link created at least in response to automatically detecting an action performed within one artifact that automatically accesses said another artifact, without a user explicitly accessing said another artifact wherein said another artifact is automatically identified, wherein the traceability link comprises an indication at said one artifact as a consumer and a first link pointing to an offset and length in said one artifact'"'"'s content where the action occurred, and an indication at said another artifact as a producer and a second link pointing to an offset and length of said another artifact'"'"'s content that is accessed; a processor; and a module operable to execute on the processor and navigate through said one or more artifacts of the plurality of artifacts from a reference temporal point via the plurality of traceability links, wherein the module is further operable to navigate across said one or more artifact drafts of different artifacts via the traceability links in response to an artifact draft being selected, wherein the artifact draft is selectable by point in time, wherein viewing the artifact draft that is selected enables viewing of all artifacts connected to the artifact draft that is selected in said all artifacts'"'"' states as said all artifacts'"'"' states were at points in time at which respective connection to the artifact draft that is selected was created, wherein the artifact and said another artifact are different application program documents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method to view and manipulate artifacts at a temporal reference point, comprising:
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receiving a command that edits a first artifact; adding a time stamp to the command; storing the command in a command stack; storing a current state of the first artifact and the command stack as an artifact draft, wherein the first artifact has a plurality of artifact drafts associated with the first artifact; and in response to detecting that the command comprises an action performed from the first artifact that accesses a second artifact, creating a traceability link between said artifact draft and a second artifact draft associated with said second artifact, wherein the traceability link comprises an indication at the first artifact as a consumer and a first link pointing to an offset and length in the artifact draft'"'"'s content where the action occurred, and an indication at the second artifact as a producer and a second link pointing to an offset and length of the second artifact'"'"'s content that is accessed, the second artifact draft corresponding to the second'"'"'s artifact current state as of a time of the action performed in the first artifact that accesses the second artifact, wherein the action that accesses the second artifact responsive to which the traceability link is created comprises at least an automated action that is not an explicit user action on the second artifact wherein the second artifact is automatically identified, the artifact draft and the second artifact draft forming traceability vertices, the second artifact having a plurality of second artifact drafts associated with the second artifact, wherein a user is enabled to traverse an artifact draft graph comprising said traceability vertices, wherein viewing a state of the first artifact enables the user to view all artifacts connected to the first artifact in their state as they were at points in time at which respective connection to the state of the first artifact was created, wherein the artifact draft represents the current state of the first artifact at a point-in-time corresponding to the time stamp, and the command stack comprises one or more commands issued since initial creation of the artifact draft to the current state, wherein the artifact draft is editable until it is sealed and becomes a complete draft, and wherein a new child draft can be created based on the artifact draft that becomes complete, wherein the artifact drafts are selectable by point in time, wherein the first artifact and the second artifact are different application program documents. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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