Patent ID: 9471555
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising, by one or more processors: receiving a pending update list, said pending update list including a first plurality of items, said first plurality of items being associated with an update to a hierarchically structured document, said hierarchically structured document being an extended markup language document; adding each of said first plurality of items to a subsumed update list, said subsumed update list including a second plurality of items, said subsumed update list being ordered based on at least a document order and a target node, said target node being for of each of said second plurality of items, and wherein adding each of said first plurality of items to a subsumed update list comprises: applying said subsume logic to each of said first plurality of items at least based on the second plurality of items, wherein applying said subsume logic to each of said first plurality of items pre-processes said pending update list, thereby consolidating redundant updates and removing conflicting updates, and wherein applying said subsume logic to each of said first plurality of items comprises: