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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2009
Jasper Westaway, Sidmouth, GB;
John Richard Boyle, Stirling, GB;
Ian Duncan Davies, Stirling, GB;
Quolos Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
A method and an agent () are provided for the management and control of data files, in particular, the management of shared documents across a network to enable collaboration between users. The agent () comprises a collaborative event manager () to detect changes made to an open copy of the file that is associated with a first client device (); a network manager () to determine whether a connection can be made with one or more further clients devices () connected to a network (); and an offline manager () couplable to the network manager () to persist changes detected by the collaborative event manager () when a connection cannot be made; wherein the network manager () is adapted to selectively transmit the changes across the network () to one or more of the said further client devices () when a connection can be made, thereby instructing one or more respective agents to apply said changes to respective copies of said file.