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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:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2007
Brent Tzion Hailpern, Katonah, NY (US);
Da Ming Hao, Beijing, CN;
Lin Luo, Beijing, CN;
Peter Kenneth Malkin, Ardsley, NY (US);
Harold Ossher, South Salem, NY (US);
Lawrence Scott Rich, Cary, NC (US);
Dave Thomson, Ontario, CA;
Zhong Tian, Beijing, CN;
John Wiegand, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Hang Jun YE, Beijing, CN;
Brent Tzion Hailpern, Katonah, NY (US);
Da Ming Hao, Beijing, CN;
Lin Luo, Beijing, CN;
Peter Kenneth Malkin, Ardsley, NY (US);
Harold Ossher, South Salem, NY (US);
Lawrence Scott Rich, Cary, NC (US);
Dave Thomson, Ontario, CA;
Zhong Tian, Beijing, CN;
John Wiegand, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Hang Jun Ye, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for maintaining originality-related information about elements in an editable object. It is determined that an element has been edited in the editable object. The originality-related information about the element, including the element's creator, is identified and recorded by embedding the originality-related information in the editable object, storing the originality-related information in an attached file, or storing the originality-related information in association with the element in a repository configured to be shared by different editable objects and further configured to be queried for elements of the different editable objects in association with originality-related information pertaining to the elements of the different editable objects. Whether the element is in compliance with a policy relating to the originality-related information about the element is assessed, and a result of the assessing (indicating compliance or non-compliance of the element with the policy) may be transmitted to a user.