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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2010
Shruti Kasetty, Redmond, WA (US);
Anil Abraham Elson, Bothell, WA (US);
Shruti Kasetty, Redmond, WA (US);
Anil Abraham Elson, Bothell, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A server enforces a policy for selecting what received change to process. The non-selected changes are not processed by the server. Instead, after the selected change is processed and is incorporated into the current version of the text, the server sends an update to each of the clients indicating the change made to the current version of text. A client performs a conflict resolution procedure when its change was not processed by the server. The conflict resolution procedure detects the differences between the updated text version and its text change that was not accepted by the server and uses the differences to deduce the intent of the user and come up with a merged version of the text which preserves the intent and avoids data loss. The updated version is then sent back to the server to update the current version of the text.