Patent ID: 6785869
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for updating a plurality of dictionaries or glossaries, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:executing an application on a first client, wherein the application accesses a local copy of a dictionary or glossary; identifying a term or word to be added to the local copy of the dictionary or glossary; sending a request to update a master dictionary or glossary with said term or word; updating said master dictionary or glossary at a server; identifying, in accordance with predetermined update criteria for determining which files to update, said update criteria specifying that an update to a dictionary or glossary at a particular organizational level of a plurality of organizational levels is to be disseminated to said first client and at least a second client within said particular organizational level, at least one file of the local copy of the dictionary or glossary to update; and serving the update to the master dictionary or glossary to the application on the first client to update the at least one file of the local copy of the dictionary or glossary, wherein a dictionary comprises spellings and definitions of terms or words, and wherein a glossary comprises explanatory words or explanatory phrases for a list of terms or words found in an associated document or datastream.