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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lynn Cleveland Percival, Raleigh, NC (US);
John Lane Scanlon, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
A list of various versions of file sets that need to be reconciled (collisions) are automatically loaded into a collision handler. The user works through the list, resolving differences by selecting one of the files or by merging several of them through selection and modification, as required. The user is provided with buttons that allow rapid changes between different styles of views (Split, Composite, Split-Merge, Composite-Merge) which allows the user to see the files in a number of different ways to further facilitate the process.