Patent №
US 7,899,883
Granted
2011-03-01
Filed 2008
Owner
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
3
nlp · planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12139438
Tools and techniques are described for merging versions of documents using multiple masters. These tools may provide methods that include syncing a first peer system with at least a second peer system, with the first and second peer systems receiving respective instances of a document for collaborative editing. The first and second peer systems may maintain respective version histories associated with the document, with these version histories capturing and storing revisions occurring locally at the first and second peer systems. The first and second peer systems may exchange version histories, and merge these version histories.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 212160142
Assignors
RASMUSSEN, DAVID JOHN, CLARKE, SIMON P, BAER, PETER P
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.