Patent №
US 8,219,971
Granted
2012-07-10
Filed 2007
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
2
planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11841503
A system and method of managing source code and, more particularly, a system and method for locking sections of source code to eliminate conflicts during concurrent use by multiple users. The method includes locking a first section of a file and at least a second section of the file to permit editing thereof by different users to the exclusion of other users. The method further includes merging edits of the locked first section with remaining sections of the file including any edits made to the at least second section without overwriting any edits.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 197260584
Assignors
CAO, ANDREW H., CHEN, DANNY Y., HAMILTON, RICK A., II, MORGAN, FABIAN F., WALKER, KEITH R.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.