Tracking changes among similar documents
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsYOSHIO HORIUCHI, KENJI UCHIDA, MASAKI WAKAO
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a calculation section, an identification section, and a notification section. The calculation section is configured to calculate similarity among a plurality of documents. The identification section is configured to identify, in response to a change made to a first document, a second document having a similarity greater than or equal to a first criterion as compared to the first document before the change. The notification section is configured to notify a user of the identified second document that the first document has been changed, in response to the change to the first document.
Claims20
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a calculation section configured to calculate similarity among a plurality of documents;
- an identification section configured to identify, in response to a change made to a first document, a second document having a similarity greater than or equal to a first criterion as compared to the first document before the change;
- and
- a notification section configured to notify a user of the identified second document that the first document has been changed, in response to the change to the first document.
A method comprising:
- calculating, by a computer processor, similarity among a plurality of documents;
- identifying, in response to a change made to a first document, a second document having a similarity greater than or equal to a first criterion as compared to the first document before the change;
- and
- notifying a user of the identified second document that the first document has been changed, in response to the change to the first document.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied thereon, the computer readable program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
- calculating similarity among a plurality of documents;
- identifying, in response to a change made to a first document, a second document having similarity equal to or greater than a first criterion to the first document before the change;
- and
- notifying a user of the identified second document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.