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Collaborative design process

US8499036B2 · kind B2 · utility

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40References

79Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Kalthoff · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Guenter Huber · Oberkirch, DE
Guido Hoeckele · Maulbronn, DE
Thomas Vogt · Regensburg, DE
Beate Koch · Echterdingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 17, 2003
Grant date	Jul 30, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 30, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/2147
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for sharing information. The technique includes defining a stored data set maintained by a first entity to include a locked data set and an unlocked data set, and providing a second entity with access to the stored data set. The second entity has permission to view the locked data set and to change only the unlocked data set.

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