Generic infrastructure for converting documents between formats with merge capabilities

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7478170
APP PUB NO 20030182450A1
SERIAL NO

10091204

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A generic conversion framework that allows developers to develop custom plug-in conversion algorithms and/or merge algorithms (referred to as pluggable modules). In one embodiment, document merging may be split into two processes including a document differencing process and a document merging process. The converter, differencing and merger processes may be implemented as separate pluggable modules, allowing multiple, independent passes of implementations of the differencing process and the merge process. The framework may accept document converter plug-in modules, merger plug-in modules and/or differencing plug-in modules to be added, updated or replaced as needed. In one embodiment, the modules may be plugged into the framework dynamically at runtime. In one embodiment, a plug-in module of one type may be used with two or more different modules of another type.

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ORACLE AMERICA INC500 ORACLE PARKWAY REDWOOD SHORES CA 94065

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Arora, Akhil K San Jose , US 11 1994
Cameron, Brian A Moweaqua , US 4 337
Mak, Mingchi S Belmont , US 3 336
Ong, Herbert T Cupertino , US 6 415
Rank, Paul J San Jose , US 10 404

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