Method and system for intra-document object locking in collaborative authoring
US8595202B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 26, 2008 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/1774
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A collaborative authoring system and method is disclosed. A collaboration server stores objects and applications open the objects stored on the collaboration server as documents. Collaborative authoring is enabled through a combination of coarse-grained server locks on objects stored in a collaboration server for short term server transactions and fine-grained application specific internal locks to lock portions of documents for authoring sessions. When an application begins an authoring session, an object stored in the collaboration server is opened as a document in an application, a server lock is applied to the object, internal locks are applied to portions of the document, and the server lock is removed from the object.
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