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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2007
Chenita D. Daughtry, Roxbury, MA (US);
Carol S. Zimmet, Boxboro, MA (US);
Robert C. Weir, Westford, MA (US);
Mohamed Bachiri, Melrose, MA (US);
Chenita D. Daughtry, Roxbury, MA (US);
Carol S. Zimmet, Boxboro, MA (US);
Robert C. Weir, Westford, MA (US);
Mohamed Bachiri, Melrose, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for allowing multiple users to access and unlock shared electronic documents in a computer system. A group of users are defined as potential 'lock-breaker' users for a document, such that they are automatically contacted in the event that a user wishes to unlock the document after it has been locked by another user. The lock-breaker users defined for a document are given access rights to the document that allow them to break a current lock on the document, so that it can be opened for editing, and accordingly re-locked. The lock-breaker users for a document may be organized in a hierarchy, such as a hierarchy matching the relationships of employees of an organization. The lock-breaker hierarchy may define the order in which the lock-breaker users are automatically contacted when a user wishes to access a locked document (e.g. an LDAP directory tree or social network).