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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2007
David B. Degraaff, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew D. Holmes, Edmonton, CA;
Puja Ramani, Fremont, CA (US);
Teresa L. Roberts, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Harold E. Schoolcraft, San Jose, CA (US);
David B. DeGraaff, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew D. Holmes, Edmonton, CA;
Puja Ramani, Fremont, CA (US);
Teresa L. Roberts, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Harold E. Schoolcraft, San Jose, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates dividing financial data to facilitate simultaneous modifications by multiple users. During operation, the system receives division-criteria, which facilitates dividing financial-data into a first subset and a second subset. Next, the system creates a copy of the financial-data which includes the division-criteria. The system then allows a first user to modify the first subset of the financial-data. The system also sends the copy of the financial-data to a second user, thereby enabling the second user to modify the second subset of the financial-data in the copy of the financial-data to create a change file. Subsequently, the system receives the change file from the second user, wherein the change file comprises modifications to the financial-data. Finally, the system merges the change file into the financial-data.