Patent Document ID: 7818663
Application ID: 11474072

Base Claim:
1. An editable information management method comprising: storing editable information as a master file and a plurality of segment files, each segment file being editable independently of other segment files; combining said master file and said segment files in a manner specified by said master file to create said editable information; displaying said editable information for editing using an application program, said application program comprising an add in configured to combine said segment objects; receiving edit instructions to edit part of the displayed editable information corresponding to a predetermined segment file; and updating said predetermined segment file in response to said editing.

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Claim 6:
6. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said master file comprises data indicating positional information relating to said plurality of segment objects, and said method parses said master file to insert said segment files into said master file to create said displayed editable information.