Shared storage of categorization, labeling or tagging of objects in a collaboration system
US8805785B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 9, 2009 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 12, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/93
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer that is programmed with collaboration software receives a new value of an attribute (or property or characteristic) which is specific to a label (or tag or category) as applied to an object managed by the computer. The computer does not use the new value to overwrite a corresponding old value in existing metadata. Instead, the computer is programmed to hold the new value in an incremental label application for the object. The computer is further programmed to respond to a request for the object's label application, by retrieving the incremental label application, and a full application of said label to said object. The computer uses attribute values in the incremental label application to update corresponding attribute values in a copy of the full label application, in a time sequence based on the time of creation of incremental label applications, thereby to generate a current label application.
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