Patent ID: 6596030
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for monitoring changes in documents stored on the World Wide Web, comprising the steps of:(a) copying a first document selected by a first user from the World Wide Web to create a first copied archived document on a server separate from the World Wide Web and under independent control; (b) monitoring for the changes in the first selected document; (c) archiving, on the separate server, the changes in the first selected document, as detected during such monitoring; (d) storing various versions of the first selected document on the separate server; (e) presenting to the first user, a current version of the first document as archived, and an option to compare selected versions, as archived; (f) receiving a second document selected by a second user from the World Wide Web; (g) comparing the first copied document with the second selected document, and if the first copied document is same as the second selected document, follow step (h) below, otherwise follow steps (i) through (l) below; (h) presenting to the second user, a current version of the first document as archived, and an option to compare selected versions, as archived; (i) copying the second document selected by the second user from the World Wide Web to create a second copied archived document on a server separate from the World Wide Web and under independent control; (j) monitoring the changes in the second selected document; (k) archiving, on the separate server, the changes in the second selected document, as detected during such monitoring; (l) presenting to the second user, a current version of the second document as archived, and an option to compare selected versions, as archived.