Collaborative document processing system with version and comment management

Patent 5671428 Issued on September 23, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 23, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 936844 filed on 08/28/1992

US Classes:

715/512Annotation control

Examiners

Primary: Herndon, Heather R.
Assistant: Burwell, Joseph R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

International Class

G06F 015/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1991-08-28 JP

Abstract

A document processing system capable of providing an environment for a smooth and efficient collaborative document processing work. In the system, the document in the new and old versions, the comment attached to the document, and version data indicating a modification made in the document between the new version and the old version are managed by being linked together.

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