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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Adp, Llc, Roseland, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Thomas A. Cooper, Sutton, MA (US);
Assignee:
ADP, LLC, Roseland, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/21 (2019.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/219 (2019.01); G06F 16/2246 (2019.01);
Abstract
A method for accessing information. A request to change a piece of the information is received from a source. A branch for the piece of the information is identified using an identifier in the request. The branch is part of branches in a hierarchical structure and the branches are versions of the piece of the information. The identifier identifies the branch. The branch is changed when the request is from a source that controls a portion of the information in which the branches for the piece of the information are located in a location and the source is part of sources that control portions of the information in the location.