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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (US);
David French, Provo, UT (US);
Ammon Hepworth, Provo, UT (US);
Devin Shumway, Sandy, UT (US);
Daniel Staves, Orem, UT (US);
Mark S. Trent, Provo, UT (US);
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, method, and program product are disclosed for collaborative project modification. One apparatus includes an enabling module that enables a first group of users to modify a first portion of a project in a collaborative environment. The apparatus includes a blocking module that blocks a second portion of the project from being modified by the first group of users. The apparatus includes an updating module that, for the first group of users, conducts immediate updates to the first portion of the project after a user of the first group of users modifies the first portion of the project and conducts deferred updates to the second portion of the project after a user of a second group of users modifies the second portion of the project.