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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
May. 15, 2003
Applicants:
Timothy John Massaro, Mazeppa, MN (US);
Guy Wesley Vig, Rochester, MN (US);
Inventors:
Timothy John Massaro, Mazeppa, MN (US);
Guy Wesley Vig, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment compare versions and mark an entire region as changed when the number of changes to the region exceeds a threshold. In contrast, when the number of changes in a region does not exceed the threshold, the individual changes are marked. In this way, a user can distinguish between versions both when the number of changes to a region is few and when the number of changes is large.