Loading patent…
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael Anthony Faoro, Lynn Cleveland Percival, III
Estimating the term…
A technique, system, and computer program for quickly and efficiently navigating through a comparison of different versions of a file. An abstract representation of the detected differences is provided in a separate navigation window or pane. This abstract representation is shown as one or more bars, which are formatted using one color for segments that are the same and a different color for those segments that are different. This allows the user to see, at a high level, the relative size of differences, the relative position of the differences, and how the differences are distributed throughout the files. The user can navigate through the differences using navigation controls that are synchronized between the navigation window (or pane) and a file comparison window. A novel use of hover help is defined. The navigation window and controls can be used with comparisons of any type of ordered data, such as text, audio, video, etc., and with comparisons of any number of versions of a file.
In a computing environment, computer readable code for implementing a fast and efficient visually-oriented technique for navigating through a comparison of different versions of a file, said computer readable code comprising:
A system for implementing a fast and efficient visually-oriented technique for navigating through a comparison of different versions of a file in a computing environment, comprising:
A method for implementing a fast and efficient visually-oriented technique for navigating through a comparison of different versions of a file in a computing environment, comprising the step of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.