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Ordered list management

US7603362B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 2004
Grant dateOct 13, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F7/36
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Ordered list management is described. An item's position within an ordered list is represented by a path value. A globally unique identifier (GUID) is appended to the path value to enable simultaneous or near-simultaneous modifications to the ordered list without conflict. Furthermore, an ordered list-specific seed value may be prepended to each item's path value to ensure clustering of ordered list items when two or more ordered lists are merged.

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