Systems and methods for producing incremental revised content

US11314702B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cengage Learning, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Walter Michael Seiler, III · Plymouth, US
• Douglas Mealing · Sinking Spring, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 26, 2022
• Expiry date: May 6, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B5/12
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and system for incrementally revising designated portions of content contained in a medium to provide a new edition and/or a revised edition of the medium, the method including assigning a unique identifier to each element of the content contained in the source version; creating for each element of the content, at least one of a change set file, a logical content store file, or a definition file; receiving from a first author a first modification to a discrete portion of the content, the first modification further comprising: a logical intent of the first author for the first modification, a purpose of the first author for the first modification, or a goal of the first author for the first modification; storing the first modification in a corresponding first change set file; receiving from a second author a second modification to the discrete portion of the content, the second modification further comprising: a logical intent of the second author for the second modification, a purpose of the second author for the second modification, or a goal of the second author for the second modification; storing the second modification in a corresponding second change set file; and me…