Patent ID: 6078934
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for managing document versions to enable the insertion, deletion, or updating of a page or any sub-component of a document, and for enabling the printing of any new or old version of the document or any document portion, wherein a page file is produced for each original, new and updated page in said document and document management data is included in said page file, said method comprising the steps of:providing for building page characteristic records including a page record for each original, new and updated page from said document management data;providing a document management database for the storage of said page characteristic records for each original, new or updated page;providing for a delete field in each page record enabling the setting of a delete flag in previously stored page records for each page to be deleted in a new version of said document; andproviding for a last version field in each page record enabling the setting of the new version number in said last version field of each previously stored page record whose delete flag is not set.