Patent ID: 9600448
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A document management system, comprising: a composite document (CD); a mixed workflow associated with the composite document (CD), the mixed workflow including an unordered stage followed by one of i) an ordered stage or ii) an other unordered stage; a map-file (map) of the composite document (CD) for a participant in the mixed workflow that is associated with the ordered stage or the other unordered stage; and a wrap (W) of the map-file (map), the wrap (W) including a number of map-file fragments (F) equal to or greater than a number of workflow participants (P) within, a group (G) that is associated with the unordered stage, the number of map-file fragments (F) rendering the composite document (CD) inaccessible to the participant (P) that is associated with the ordered stage or the other unordered stage until each of the number of map-file fragments (F) is released by each of the workflow participants (P) within the group that is associated with the unordered stage.