KR20190066276A - Collaboration method and apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a collaboration method. The collaboration method comprises the steps of: storing data changed due to a change in the data of a collaboration object generated in a local area to which a collaboration client belongs; allocating a uniform resource identifier (URI) representing a position in the collaboration object to an existing independent component and an independent component newly generated by the change in the data; and reflecting the changed data of the local area using the URI to a collaboration object of a collaboration client other than the collaboration client mentioned in the step of storing the changed data. According to the present invention, the method may prevent collision between clients when collaborating and produce unified collaboration objects.

Description

[0001] COLLABORATION METHOD AND APPARATUS [0002]

The present invention relates to a collaborative method and a collaborative apparatus, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for collaborating a collaborative tool by dividing a collaborative object into independent component units to grant editing authority for each constituent element, The present invention relates to a collaborative method and a collaborative apparatus capable of correcting a variation of a position of a component that may occur due to a difference between a point of time when a change is made and a point of time when a change is reflected.

A collaboration tool, for example collaboration software, is a software application that allows a plurality of users, which may include a plurality of collaborators, and sometimes a supervisor, who directs a plurality of collaborators, to be integrated in a separate local site It is a software that makes it possible to execute one project at the same time. Collaboration features, especially in office programs, including word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation software, allow multiple users to work together to improve business efficiency and make quick and accurate decisions. And as more and more users start to use office programs in collaboration, the popularity of office programs is growing.

Despite the practicality of the office program of collaborative functions, conflicts can occur between collaborators in collaborative functions. And the problem of time lag, error, inconsistency due to such conflict in the goal of one unified collaboration, that is, collaborative document creation, should be solved in the office program of collaboration function.

In order to solve the above problems, various collaboration platforms have already been introduced. In such an existing collaborative platform, mainly, each department or individual creates a part of the assigned document, and finally, each document is integrated into one according to the difference of each document, thereby preventing the collision. Existing collaboration platforms use configurations using browsers and servers, but this is not a true multi-user real-time collaboration system.

The collaborative platform, which is currently being evaluated relatively well, is a collaborative module of Office 365 cloud computer office software released by Microsoft in USA and Google Docs released by Google in USA. Among them, Office 365 cloud computing office software released by Microsoft in the United States is a collaborative way of storing and updating. That is, when a plurality of users collaboratively edit one document at the same time, when the current user executes the save, the related work of the user for the document is uploaded to the server and the document of the other collaborative user is updated. Depending on the storage behavior of each user, several previous documents are stored.

However, there are two disadvantages to this collaborative approach: First, because the modifications of one document to the document are actively updated on the server, it is likely that a situation occurs in which information on each user side is not updated in time; Second, if two users modify the same area in the document and then execute the save, contents collision may occur, which is not very convenient for users.

The collaboration module in google docs released by Google in the US uses two other collaborative methods. The collaborative method used in the collaborative module of the initial Google document is that the document automatically reflects the change due to editing by each collaborating user once every predetermined time. The disadvantage of this collaborative method is that the update time is unknown to the user , It can be suddenly updated in the course of editing by the user, for example, a few letters or a few characters in length, which may interfere with the flow of the user's accident, .

The collaborative approach used in the collaborative modules of subsequent Google documents is a real-time, real-time collaboration between multi-users, in which letters are updated along the cursor. Specifically, there are a plurality of cursors at the same time in each user's browser window, and each cursor corresponds to one user who is editing. Even if a user modifies the document, all of the cursors are updated along with the letters and displayed to other users . That is, each user can observe all of the modification process of the other user with respect to the document in real time. Although this type of collaboration is relatively ideal and successful.

However, this approach to collaboration has two drawbacks: First, multiple cursors appear in the user's browser window, all of which are dynamic depending on the work of the other user. These dynamic cursors can interfere with a user's accident flow at some degree. Second, the realization of this collaborative approach requires a stable, high-speed internet and a relatively high-efficiency browser, which can not be effective in some relatively poor operating environments.

Therefore, it is necessary to devise a new technology solution and solve the above problem.

Prior art Korean Laid-Open Patent No. 10-2014-0028040 (Apr. 23, 2014) discloses a document collaboration method.

The prior art shows a structure in which a document paragraph not selected by another client among a plurality of clients can be edited. Here, a document paragraph includes a page, a title, a chapter, a paragraph, a line, a phrase, a cell, and the like.

However, the problem of the above-described prior art is that it is limited only when editing is required in a document already created, so that the feature can not be exerted because the object does not exist in the presence or absence of selection at the time of creation of a new document. Furthermore, the units of document paragraphs are extremely detailed, so there are a lot of limitations in which a user can take a certain part and consistently edit it. That is, the portion edited just before can be changed rapidly according to the change of the position of the cursor.

In addition, microsoft software, Google, and the collaborative approaches disclosed in the prior art all involve collaborative management by a central server. Collaborative methods using these servers depend on the server's processing power, network speed, and server operating conditions, which can lead to unintended variables during collaborative work.

The collaboration method and the collaboration apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention are characterized in that a collision can be prevented in a collaboration work by only a plurality of collaboration clients without a server. In this respect, the collaboration method and the collaboration apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention are disclosed to solve the problems of the prior art, which are distinguished from the prior arts described above.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a collaborative method and a collaborative apparatus capable of enhancing collaboration efficiency by granting editing authority to independent components by taking advantage of the characteristics of collaborative projects.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a collaboration method and a collaborative apparatus capable of adjusting a positional variation of an independent component due to a difference between a time at which data is changed in a collaborative object and a time at which the changed data is reflected.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a collaboration method and a collaborative apparatus that can prevent conflicts that may occur during collaboration and systematically manage data by using information on data change and reflection positions during collaboration.

A method of collaborating according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: storing changed data due to a change of data of a collaborative object generated in a local area to which a collaborating client belongs; (URI) indicating a position in a collaborative object to an existing independent component and an independent component newly created by the data change; And reflecting the changed data in the local area to the collaboration objects of the collaboration clients other than the local area using the location information.

The step of reflecting on the collaboration object may include: transmitting changed data of the local area to a collaboration client other than the collaboration client; Determining a relative position in a collaborative object to which the data is to be reflected, taking into account the position of data changed by the cooperative client transmitted using the position information assigned to the transmitted data; And storing the collaboration object so that the data is reflected in the location.

Here, the step of grasping the relative position is characterized in that the state position is identified by a predetermined appointment among the collaboration clients, a storage order of the changed data, and a transmission order of the changed data.

Here, the independent component may include a paragraph, a sentence, and an entity according to the configuration of the collaboration object.

Here, the collaboration method may further include adjusting a relative position between the transmitted data and the data changed by the transmitted collaborative client.

The step of adjusting the relative position may further include acquiring approval from the cooperative client when the position of the changed data reflected on the cooperative object changes due to the adjustment.

Here, the step of adjusting the relative position may include transmitting the changed history of the changed location information to the collaborative clients other than the cooperative client, in addition to the data modulation due to the adjustment.

A collaboration device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a collaboration module that performs a role of a collaboration client participating in a collaboration project for creating a collaboration object and generates a data change in a collaboration object in a local area to which the collaboration client belongs; A positional information module for assigning positional information indicating a position in a collaborative object to an existing independent component and an independent component newly generated by the data change; And a reflection module that reflects the changed data of the local area using the location information to the collaboration objects of the other collaboration clients.

Here, the collaborative apparatus may include a transmitter for transmitting the changed data to the other collaborative clients; And a receiver for receiving changed data from other clients.

Here, the collaborative device may include a location determination module for determining a location where the received data is to be reflected; And a storage unit for storing the received data, wherein the reflecting module controls the storage unit so that the received data is reflected in the object of collaboration.

Here, the location determination module is characterized in that the relative position is determined according to a predetermined schedule, a storage order of changed data, and a transmission order of changed data, among the collaboration clients.

Here, the independent component may include a paragraph, a sentence, and an entity according to the configuration of the collaboration object.

Here, the reflection module modulates the received data by adjusting the relative position between the received data and the data changed locally.

Here, the transmitting unit and the receiving unit may be configured to transmit or receive an approval request and acceptance for reconciliation when the position of the received data reflected on the collaborative object is changed by the adjustment.

According to the present invention, efficiency of collaborative work can be enhanced by giving editing authority for each independent component by taking advantage of the characteristics of the collaboration project.

In addition, it is possible to adjust the positional fluctuation of the independent component due to the difference between the time when the data is changed in the collaboration object and the time when the changed data is reflected.

In addition, by using the information on the data change and the reflecting position during collaboration, conflicts that may occur during collaboration can be prevented and data can be systematically managed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exemplary diagram of a collaboration system including a server according to the prior art; FIG.
2 is an exemplary diagram of a collaborative system environment including a collaboration device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary diagram showing details of the collaboration system environment shown in FIG.
4 is a block diagram of a collaboration client corresponding to a collaboration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a detailed block diagram of the control unit of FIG.
6 is a block diagram of a computing device corresponding to a collaboration device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart of a collaboration method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view of a collaboration that is shown schematically in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a collaboration method and a collaborative apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements. Furthermore, specific structural and functional descriptions for embodiments of the present invention are presented for the purpose of describing an embodiment of the present invention only, and, unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms Have the same meaning as commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as ideal or overly formal in the sense of the art unless explicitly defined herein .

Hereinafter, a collaboration system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

2 is an exemplary diagram of a collaborative system environment including a collaboration device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a collaborative system environment 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of collaboration devices 100, a server 300, a database 310, and a network 400.

The collaboration device 100 corresponds to a collaboration client participating in collaboration. The collaboration device 100 may be in the form of a user terminal 100. Here, the user terminal 100 is a device for creating an electronic document, and includes a viewer dedicated for viewing an electronic document, a dedicated device capable of creating and editing an electronic document, a document editor, a document editing device, an electronic typewriter ( an electric type writer, or a computing device, a terminal, and a wireless terminal capable of performing general-purpose operations in addition to creation and editing of a document.

Various embodiments of the wireless terminal may be implemented in a cellular phone, a smart phone having wireless communication capability, a personal digital assistant (PDA) having wireless communication capability, a wireless modem, a portable computer having wireless communication capability, A mobile unit that incorporates such a combination of functions, as well as the same imaging device, a gaming device with wireless communication capabilities, music storage and playback appliances with wireless communication capabilities, Internet appliances capable of wireless Internet access and browsing, But are not limited to, terminals.

The collaboration device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention corresponding to the user terminal 100 includes a collaboration application module 175 coded in a computer instruction set to perform a collaboration method S100 according to an embodiment of the present invention And save the file.

The collaborative apparatus 100 can read the media in which the collaboration application modules not installed are stored, install the media, and install the media in the collaboration apparatus 100. [ The media includes optical storage media, such as CD-ROM and DVD-ROM. In addition, the integrated platform may be provided in the form of a downloaded binary file from the server 300. The collaboration device 100 can download various files from the server 300 via the network 400 and update the collaboration application module. The collaborative apparatus 100 will now be described in detail.

The number of the collaboration clients 100 may correspond to at least one to n, but it is preferable that a plurality of the collaboration clients 100 participate in collaboration.

Objects of collaboration include, for example, word processors, spreadsheets, presentation software, that is, electronic documents that can be written in an office program. In addition, the object of the collaboration may include a video object, in which case the collaboration tool includes an image retouching program and a video editing program.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, the system environment 1 may further include a supervisory client 200. The supervising client may be an elected client from the collaboration client 100 or a user managed by a user in a special position as an organizer or owner of a collaborative document. One of the plurality of collaboration clients 100 may replace the role of the supervising client without the supervising client.

The number of supervising clients is preferably one, but is not limited thereto. Therefore, the supervising client can be composed of plural.

The server 300 may include but is not limited to a file server, an update server, an FTP server, a cloud server, a web server, and a machine learning algorithm library server. The server 300 stores various files used by the user terminal 100, for example, a collaboration application file, an electronic document file, an extended application file, and a service pack file, permits connection of the user terminal, And provides reception / transmission or update of files.

The database 310 stores document data, data for a cloud service, web application data, and the like, and provides them to the collaboration device 100.

The network 400 may be a wired and wireless network such as the Internet, an intranet and an extranet, a cellular such as a wireless telephone network, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network ), A WiFi network, an ad hoc network, and combinations thereof.

Network 400 may include connections of network elements such as hubs, bridges, routers, switches and gateways. The network 400 may include one or more connected networks, such as a multi-network environment, including a public network such as the Internet and a private network such as a secure corporate private network.

Access to the network 400 may be provided via one or more wired or wireless access networks.

A plurality of collaboration clients (100) and a supervising client constitute a collaboration system without server intervention. For example, the cooperative client 100 and the supervising client can perform 1: 1 communication using a peer-to-peer (P2P) communication scheme. In addition, when the IPs allocated to the clients are fixed, the collaboration clients 100 can communicate with each other using the IP address and the Internet protocol. In addition, clients connected to the LAN within the company can communicate with each other through a router or a gateway.

In one embodiment consistent with the present invention, the collaboration client 100 and the supervising client may be a personal computer, a tablet, a mobile device, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart phone, a laptop computer, a laptop, a netbook, a game device or console, And may be implemented as a computing device, including, but not limited to, a smart television.

The collaboration client 100 and the supervising client may comprise a computing system comprised of one or more central processing units (CPUs), a memory, a mass storage, an input interface device, and an output interface device. The elements of the computing system may communicate with each other via a bus.

The hardware platform of a computing system may be a distributed computing environment, such as a personal computer, a handheld or laptop device, a multiprocessor system, a microprocessor-based system, a programmable consumer electronics product, and any of the above systems or devices, And the like.

3 is an exemplary diagram showing details of the collaboration system environment shown in FIG.

3, the collaborative system environment 1 includes a plurality of collaboration clients 100, a server 300, a database 310, and a network 400.

The collaboration client 100 may include a control unit 170 therein and the control unit 170 may include an operating system and a collaboration application module 175 loaded in the memory. The collaboration application module 175 provides collaboration functionality to the user as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, or office program.

Hereinafter, a collaboration client 100 corresponding to the collaboration device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

4 is a block diagram of a collaboration client corresponding to a collaboration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, the collaboration client 100 includes an input device 110, a display device 120, an output device 130, a storage device (not shown) 140, a communication device 150, a power device 160, and a control unit 170.

The input device 110 includes a keyboard, a touch screen, a mouse, an electronic pen, and a voice input device, for example, a microphone, for inputting information necessary for creating a collaboration object and information for setting various parameters of the user's work environment But is not limited thereto. Through substantially user input, the input device 110 inputs characters and objects into the document. Here, characters are concepts including numbers, symbols, and spaces, and objects include various kinds of form objects such as icons, pictures, figures, tables, and charts.

The display device 120 may include a cathode-ray tube (CRT), a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display panel (PDP), and a plasma display panel But are not limited to, light emitting diode (LED) displays, organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays, and the like.

The output device 130 includes, but is not limited to, a printer, a plotter, a beam projector, a text to sound (TTS) device, a speaker and an earphone.

Storage device 140 may be any type of removable / non-removable storage device such as magnetic tape, magnetic drum, floppy disk, ZIP drive and magnetic storage device such as hard disk drive (HDD) , An electrical storage device and a CD-ROM drive, a DVD-ROM drive, a blu-ray disc drive, and an optical storage device using flash memory such as an SD card, a USB memory and a solid state drive (SSD) But are not limited to, optical storage devices of the same type.

The communication device 150 includes a communication module corresponding to various communication networks of the network 400, for example, a Bluetooth module, a WiFi module, an Ethernet interface card, a USB module, a cellular wireless communication module, a modem and a wireless router. It is not.

The power supply 160 may include, but is not limited to, a power supply that converts AC to DC, an adapter, a secondary battery such as a SMPS and a lithium ion battery, a lead acid battery, a fuel cell, and a bioethanol battery, and a primary battery .

The control unit 170 includes a memory area in which a processor, an operating system, and other modules included in the collaboration application module 175 are loaded. Therefore, the control unit 170 executes a control command in the collaboration application module according to a user command or an automatic execution. In particular, the control unit 170 controls the storage unit 140 to reflect changed data received from other clients to the object of collaboration. That is, the control unit 170 of the collaboration client 100 controls the storage unit 140 to store the data received from the other participant client 100. Hereinafter, the control unit 170 will be described in detail.

5 is a detailed block diagram of the control unit of FIG.

5, the control unit 170 includes a central processing unit (CPU), a memory 176 in which an operating system and a collaboration application module 175 relating to a collaboration method according to an embodiment of the present invention are loaded . Specifically, the control unit 170 includes a collaboration module 171, a position information module 172, a reflection module 174, and a memory module 174. The collaboration module 171 includes a set of computer instructions for performing a collaboration method according to an embodiment of the present invention, And a location module 174. The control unit 170 controls each component and modules in the collaboration apparatus 100 so that a collaboration method according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented.

Specifically, the control unit 170 receives a user input through the input device 110 through the input device 110, generates a collaboration object according to the collaboration method, a process of outputting a screen frame through the display 120 indicating the created collaboration object, A process of outputting a collaborative object created through the output device 130, for example, outputting or outputting a document on paper, storing the created collaborative object in the storage device 140, receiving various data necessary for creation, A process of transferring a target object to the server 300 or the external terminal via the network 400 using the communication device 150 and a process of supplying power through the power source device 160 to the processor 300, A collaborative application that includes an operating system (OS) and a set of computer instructions related to a collaboration method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention Controls using a memory module 175 is loaded.

The operating system 176 is a computer program for controlling the operation of the collaboration client 100 and the supervising client. The operating system 176 includes, but is not limited to, an operating system of a wired and mobile device, such as MS Windows, Unix, Linux, XOS, Android, iOS operating systems.

The collaboration application module 175 is an executable program configured to run on the operating system 175 to provide various functions as described in the present invention. The collaboration application module 175 includes an office program, an image retouching program, and a moving picture editing program including a collaboration function as described above.

The collaboration application module 175 includes a collaboration module 171, a location information module 172, a reflection module 174, and a location module 174. A detailed description of the various modules 171 to 174 included in the collaboration application module 175 will be described later.

In the configuration of the collaboration client 100 shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the configuration in the collaborative application module is configured to be functionally separated for the convenience of description, and configured to be a logical function that is processed by one processor in terms of hardware And that the present invention is not limited by the given division.

In addition, the connection relationship between the respective components is shown as a connection line, or the connection relationship between the components is not expressed individually, but communication or transmission for control or data exchange may occur between configurations in which the connection line is not shown. The present invention is not limited thereto.

The collaboration device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention corresponding to the computing device 500 may be described in further detail through other embodiments.

6 is a block diagram of a collaboration apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

6, the collaboration device 100 corresponding to the computing device 500 includes an input interface device 510, an output interface device 520, a memory 531, a storage device 532, a power supply device 540, A processor 550, a network interface device 560, a wireless communication device 570, and a bus 580.

The input interface device 510 inputs characters or objects necessary for document creation according to the input of the user. The input interface device 510 includes, but is not limited to, a keyboard, a touch screen, a mouse, a stylus pen, and a pen tablet.

The output interface device 520 includes a display for displaying a user interface related to a document editor and a printer for printing out a document. The output interface device 520 also includes a speaker, a head-phone, and a head-set for outputting the characters in the document by voice using a text to speech (TTS) engine. do.

The processor 550 may execute a set of computer instructions contained in the memory 531 and / or the collaboration application module 175 relating to the collaboration method according to an embodiment of the present invention stored in the storage device 532. [ The processor 550 may refer to a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), or a dedicated processor on which the methods according to the present invention are performed. The memory 531 and the storage device 532 may be composed of a volatile storage medium and / or a non-volatile storage medium. For example, the memory 531 may be comprised of read only memory (ROM) and / or random access memory (RAM).

The wireless communication device 570 includes devices for short-range wireless communication, wireless data communication, and wireless voice communication.

Each component included in the computing device 500 corresponding to the collaborative device 100 is connected by a bus 580 and communicates with each other.

A method of collaborating according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which the above-described collaborative apparatus 10 is executed through computation of a computer instruction set included in a collaborative application module, will be described with reference to FIGS. 4, 7 and 8 . The collaborative method (SlOO) according to the embodiment of the present invention includes steps S100 to S142.

First, the collaborative client 100 stores changed data due to a change in data of a collaborative object generated in a local area to which the collaborative client 100 belongs (S110). Specifically, the collaboration module 171 transmits data changes of the collaboration objects generated by the operation of the collaboration client 100, for example, data changes of collaboration objects due to addition, change, and / or deletion of text and / In the storage device 140 of FIG.

The collaboration module 171 refers to a program module having a function used to create a collaboration object among the functions of the collaboration application module 175. [ The collaboration module 171 generates data changes to the objects of the collaboration. That is, due to the operation of the collaboration module 171, the data of the collaboration object as a result of collaboration is increased and decreased or changed. The data change generated by the collaboration module 171 will be described by way of example.

Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view of a collaboration that is shown schematically in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

8, in the collaborative system environment 1, the collaborative clients 100 having the collaborative client IDs # C1, # C2, and # C3 collaborate to create collaborative documents of documents ID # D1, Is shown schematically. The various information described in the present invention including the collaboration client ID and the document ID are stored in the header part of the document file generated by the collaboration object, for example, collaboration.

In step S110, the collaboration module 171 generates a data change that creates a # P1 paragraph in the # D1 document in the local area of the # C2 collaboration client. In the # P1 paragraph, the information # C2 indicating the subject of data change, the paragraph identification ID # P1, and the location information # U0 are included in the header file of the collaboration object.

Next, the location information module 172 gives a uniform resource identifier (URI) indicating the location of the existing independent component and / or the data change in the collaboration object (S120). Referring back to FIG. 8, the data change generated by the # C2 collaboration client generates a paragraph # P1 having location information of # U0.

Next, the reflecting module 173 uses the location information to reflect the changed data in the local area to the collaborative objects of the collaboration clients other than itself (S130). In step S130, the subject is changed from the # C2 collaborative client to the # C1 collaborative client. The embodiment of the present invention is based on a collaborative method by a collaborative apparatus, wherein the collaborative apparatus 100 is applied to all of the collaborative clients # C1 to # C3 having the same configuration. Step S130 will be described in detail. Step S130 of reflecting on the collaborative object includes steps S131 to S132.

First, the transmission unit 151 transmits the changed data of the local area to the collaboration clients other than itself (S131). That is, the transmitting unit 151 transmits the changed data stored in the local area to the other collaboration clients, the collaboration clients # C1 and # C3 in FIG.

Next, the relative position in the collaboration object to which the data is to be reflected is determined by the position determination module 174 in consideration of the position of the data changed by the cooperative client transmitted using the position information attached to the transmitted data (S132). Referring to FIG. 8, the location determination module 174 recognizes the location where the # P1 paragraph is located in the document in the local area of the # C1 collaboration client as # U0. That is, the location information of the data change regarding the # P1 paragraph generated in the local area of the # C2 collaborative client is # U0, and the location information of the # U0 is kept in principle even after being transmitted to the local area of the # C1 collaborative client.

Next, the storage device 140 stores the collaboration object so that the data is reflected at the location (S133). In the embodiment of the present invention, the term " reflected " means that the data change generated in the local area is transmitted to the area of another collaborative client other than the subject of change, that is, the outer area, The last update by the change means that the entire collaboration client stores the same collaboration object. Therefore, the data received before the reflection process can be stored in the temporary storage.

In addition, the step of obtaining the relative position (S132) is characterized in that the state position is determined by the appointment predetermined by the collaboration clients, the order of storing changed data, and the order of transmission of changed data. The predefined appointment is a process in which, for example, the creation of the paragraphs # P1, # P2, and # P3 between the collaboration clients # C1, # C2, and # C3 is discussed, The positional information of each paragraph can be defined as # U0, # U1, and # U3, respectively.

The order of storage and ordering of the changed data is based on whether the changed data is in the local area where the changed data is generated or whether the changed data is based on the data after the transmission. It is a principle that priority is given to data change with quick reflection time.

And, regarding the data change, the independent component is characterized by including a paragraph, a sentence and an object according to the configuration of the collaboration object. Each collaborative client that participates in the collaboration has the authority assigned to each independent component. For example, if a # C2 collaborator client encounters a data change that generates a paragraph of # P1, the # C2 collaborative client has the right to change the editing rights and location information of the # P1 paragraph. However, this is only an example, and the paragraph may be divided into smaller elements, which may be given authority by sentence. However, when constructing a collaborative project in general, it is a common practice among members participating in a project that the minimum unit of a component is a paragraph. Clients other than the authoritative client must be delegated or authorized to edit or relocate components owned by the authoritative client. The details of this will be explained in detail.

An object is an OLE object that contains pictures, charts, graphs, and pictures other than the typical test. Thus, the permissions granted to the text and the permissions granted to the objects contained within the text may differ. This usually reflects the fact that the members of the graphic work are organized separately.

Next, the collaborative apparatus 100 adjusts the relative position between the transmitted data and the data changed by the cooperative client 100 (S140). Referring back to FIG. 8, in principle, the # P1 paragraph on the data transmitted from the # C2 collaborative client has the location information of # U0. In this case, the # C1 collaborative client generates a new paragraph # P2 and causes a data change on it. The # P2 paragraph associated with the changed data is placed in front of the # P1 paragraph. Therefore, once in the local area, the location information of the # P1 paragraph is changed from # U0 to # U1. That is, the relative position between the changed data in the local area is adjusted.

If the position of the changed data reflected in the collaboration object is changed by the adjustment, step S140 may further include obtaining approval from the corresponding collaboration client (S141). In this process, the transmitting unit 151 and the receiving unit 152 of the collaborative apparatus 100 transmit and receive the approval request information and the request acceptance information required for the approval.

The transmission unit 151 transmits the changed data to the other clients. For example, the transmitting unit 151 of at least one of the cooperative clients 100 among the cooperative clients 100 transmits the changed data according to the corresponding data changes to other cooperative clients.

The receiving unit 152 receives changed data from another client. For example, the supervising client receives the changed data generated from the participant client side from the participant client 100, and the other participant client 100 again receives the data from the supervising client.

In addition, the step (S140) of adjusting the relative position may include transmitting the changed history of the changed position information to the collaborative client other than itself, together with the data modulation due to the adjustment by the cooperative client. Referring again to FIG. 9, the # P1 paragraph generated by the # C2 collaboration client includes # U0 # U1 as location information and # C2 # C1 as information related to the creating client and the modulation client.

In addition, since the control unit 170 is constituted by a memory area into which the processor, the operating system, and other modules included in the collaboration application module 175 are loaded, the control unit 170 executes a control command in the collaboration application module according to a user command or an automatic execution. In particular, the control unit 170 controls the storage unit 140 to reflect changed data received from other clients to the object of collaboration. That is, the control unit 170 of the collaboration client 100 controls the storage unit 140 to store the data received from the other participant client 100.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, efficiency of collaborative work can be enhanced by giving editing authority for each independent component by taking advantage of characteristics of collaboration projects.

In addition, it is possible to adjust the positional fluctuation of the independent component due to the difference between the time when the data is changed in the collaboration object and the time when the changed data is reflected.

In addition, by using the information on the data change and the reflecting position during collaboration, conflicts that may occur during collaboration can be prevented and data can be systematically managed.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, I will understand the point. Accordingly, the technical scope of the present invention should be determined by the following claims.

100: Collaborative device, collaborative client
110: input device
120: Display device
130: output device
140: Storage device
150: Communication device
160: Power supply
170:
171: Collaboration module
172: Location information module
173: Reflection module
174: Location module
175: Collaborative application module loaded into memory
176: Operating system loaded into memory
177: Memory
300: server
310: Database
400: Network
500: computing device
510: input interface device
520: output interface device
531: Memory
532: Storage device
540: Power supply unit
550: Processor
560: Network interface device
570: Wireless communication device
580: Bus

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Storing changed data due to a change in data of a collaboration object generated in a local area to which the collaboration client belongs;
Providing existing independent components and / or location information (URI) indicating a location in the collaboration object to the data modification;
And reflecting the changed data in the local area to the collaboration objects of the collaboration clients other than itself using the location information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of reflecting on the collaboration object comprises:
Transmitting changed data of a local area to a collaboration client other than itself;
Determining a relative position in a collaborative object to which the data is to be reflected, taking into account the position of data changed by the cooperative client transmitted using the position information assigned to the transmitted data; And
And storing the collaboration object so that the data is reflected in the location. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the step of determining the relative position comprises:
Wherein the state location is identified by a predetermined agreement between the collaboration clients, a storage order of the changed data, and a transmission order of the changed data. The method according to claim 1,
Said independent component comprising:
And a paragraph, a sentence and an object in accordance with the configuration of the collaboration object. The method of claim 2,
The collaboration method includes:
Further comprising the step of adjusting a relative position of the transmitted collaborative client with the transmitted data and the data changed by the collaborative client. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the step of adjusting the relative position comprises:
Further comprising the step of obtaining approval from the collaboration client when the position of the changed data reflected in the collaboration object by the adjustment is changed. The method of claim 6,
Wherein the step of adjusting the relative position comprises:
And transmitting the modified history of the changed location information to the collaborative client other than the cooperative client, when the transmitted collaborative client changes the data due to the adjustment. The role of the collaboration client participating in the collaboration project to create the collaboration object,
A collaboration module for generating a data change in a collaboration object in a local area to which the collaboration client belongs;
A positional information module for assigning existing independent components and / or positional information indicating a position in a collaboration object to the data change; And
And a reflecting module that reflects the changed data of the local area using the location information to the collaboration objects of the other collaboration clients. The method of claim 8,
A transmission unit for transmitting the changed data to the other collaboration clients; And
Further comprising: a receiver for receiving changed data from another client. The method of claim 9,
A position determination module for determining a position at which the received data is to be reflected; And
And a storage unit for storing the received data,
The reflection module includes:
And controls the storage unit so that the received data is reflected in the object of collaboration. The method of claim 10,
The location determination module,
Wherein the collaborative apparatus grasps the relative position according to a predetermined appointment among the collaboration clients, a storage order of the changed data, and a transmission order of the changed data. The method of claim 8,
Said independent component comprising:
And a paragraph, a sentence and an object in accordance with the configuration of the collaboration object. The method of claim 9,
The reflection module includes:
And modulates the received data by adjusting a relative position between the received data and the locally changed data. 14. The method of claim 13,
The transmission unit and the reception unit,
And when the position of the received data reflected on the collaboration object by the adjustment is changed, transmits or receives an approval request and approval for adjustment.

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