US 8,930,331 B2 · Providing unique views of data based on changes or rules

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method comprises creating and storing, in a revisioning database, one or more data objects; wherein a first plurality of the data objects is associated with a base realm representing data shared across all users of the database; wherein a second plurality of the data objects is associated with one or more child realms, wherein each of the child realms represents data local to a project, wherein each of the users is associated with one or more of the child realms; wherein the revisioning database associates each data object to a realm identifier value and to a version identifier value for a plurality of versions of the data object, wherein each of the versions represents a change to the data object by any of a plurality of users; receiving a request from a first user to view a third plurality of data objects in the revisioning database; selecting, based on the base realm, the particular realm, the version identifier value for the data objects in the third plurality, and one or more rules associated with the particular realm and the first user, data objects in the third plurality that can be viewed by the first user; creating a particular data view that includes only the selected data objects; and providing a display of the particular data view to the first user.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, from a first user that is currently within a first child realm that contains a first plurality of data object versions that are only visible to particular users currently within the first child realm, a command to publish a particular version of a particular data object from the first child realm to a base realm that contains a second plurality of data object versions that are visible to a plurality of users of a database comprising the particular users and other users that are not currently within the first child realm;
in response to the command, publishing the particular version of the particular data object but not one or more other versions of the particular data object to the base realm;
receiving, from a second user that is currently within a second child realm that contains data object versions that are only visible to users within the second child realm, a request to subscribe to any version of the particular data object that has been published to the base realm;
in response to the request, and based at least in part to the publication of the particular version of the particular data object to the base realm, allowing the second user to access the particular version of the particular data object that has been published to the base realm;
wherein the first child realm is separate from the second child realm;
wherein the first user is separate from the second user;
wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

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A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having one or more program instructions recorded thereon, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform:

receiving, from a first user that is currently within a first child realm that contains a first plurality of data object versions that are only visible to particular users currently within the first child realm, a command to publish a particular version of a particular data object from the first child realm to a base realm that contains a second plurality of data object versions that are visible to a plurality of users of a database comprising the particular users and other users that are not currently within the first child realm;
in response to the command, publishing the particular version of the particular data object but not one or more other versions of the particular data object to the base realm;
receiving, from a second user that is currently within a second child realm that contains data object versions that are only visible to users within the second child realm, a request to subscribe to any version of the particular data object that has been published to the base realm;
in response to the request, and in response at least in part to the publication of the particular version of the particular data object to the base realm, allowing the second user to access the particular version of the particular data object that has been published to the base realm;
wherein the first child realm is separate from the second child realm;
wherein the first user is separate from the second user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Providing unique views of data based on changes or rules

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Providing unique views of data based on changes or rules

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Abstract

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