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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2019
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
William Eastcott, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Zachary Paul, Santa Monica, CA (US);
David Evans, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Vaios Kalpias Ilias, Culver City, CA (US);
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a version control system within a social networking environment. The disclosed embodiments perform operations comprising: storing, in a database, application data that is structured as a tree graph comprising nodes in the form of branches connected by respective edges, each child branch being connected to a single corresponding parent branch by a respective edge; generating a first checkpoint identifying a node of the tree graph, the first checkpoint comprising first checkpoint state information corresponding to initial state information of the node of the tree graph; generating a second checkpoint identifying the node of the tree graph, the second checkpoint comprising second checkpoint state information corresponding to the initial state information of the node of the tree graph; merging changes made to the first and second checkpoint state information; and modifying the initial state information of the node of the tree graph based on the merged changes.