Patent ID: 7342589
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A system for managing graphical information, the system comprising: a processing device; and a first memory portion within at least one memory device that is coupled to the processing device, wherein the first memory portion stores a second memory portion within the at least one memory device, wherein the second memory portion duplicatively stores a first subset of the first plurality of files and a second subset of the second plurality of files, wherein each of the files of the first subset are referenced by at least one of the files of the second subset, wherein the first and second subsets have information relating to a first project, wherein each of the first plurality of files includes a numeric value providing a compressed representation of the data of the file such that each numeric value of each of the first plurality of files is different from each of the other numeric values of the others of the first plurality of files, wherein each of the first plurality of files includes a name, wherein the processing device executes a stored program to compare files of the plurality of files with respect to numeric values and names, and when two files with the same name have different numeric values, notifying a user to reconcile the conflicting file names.