Method and apparatus for prioritizing data change requests and maintaining data consistency in a distributed computer system equipped for activity-based collaboration
US6859821B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99952
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A distributed, activity-based collaboration system can employ a data change request priority scheme for determining an order of execution of data change requests in effecting changes to local copies of data so as to optimize data consistency for collaborative activities. The data change request priority scheme can entail encoding sequence number information and dependency information in the data change requests, responsive to which data changes can be made, unmade and remade to the data.
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