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Computer-based tool for managing digital documents

US8566369B2 · kind B2 · utility

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28Claims

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Assignee

INRIA—INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE · FR

Inventors

Guillaume ROUSSEAU · Paris, FR
Maxime Biais · Paris, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 25, 2007
Grant date	Oct 22, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/2151
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a computer device for managing documents, in particular software projects developed in co-operation. A memory stores contents of documents having time references. An extractor separates the document contents into document elements. A signature generator returns signatures of element contents. An imprint generator associates for each document the time reference thereof and the signatures of its elements. A time clock module calculates the results of a time election function. A supervisor operates the generator on the document contents. For each signature value, it calls the time clock module with a list of imprint time references containing the signature value. A unified time reference is obtained for each signature value. Each signature value and its unified time reference are stored.

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