DOCUMENT MERGE

摘要

METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF MERGING A FIRST DOCUMENT WITH AT LEAST A SECOND DOCUMENT TO GENERATE A THIRD DOCUMENT. EACH OF THE FIRST AND SECOND DOCUMENTS INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE DATA UNIT. EACH DATA UNIT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A UNIT IDENTIFIER AND AN EDIT IDENTIFIER. THE UNIT IDENTIFIERS OF EACH OF THE DOCUMENTS ARE COMPARED TO THE UNIT IDENTIFIERS OF THE OTHER DOCUMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER EACH UNIT IDENTIFIER IS A MATCHING OR NON-MATCHING UNIT IDENTIFIER. EDIT IDENTIFIERS OF THE DATA UNITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MATCHING UNIT IDENTIFIERS ARE COMPARED TO EACH OTHER. DATA UNITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NON-MATCHING UNIT IDENTIFIERS ARE INSERTED DIRECTLY INTO THE THIRD DOCUMENT. DATA UNITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MATCHING UNIT IDENTIFIERS AND THE MATCHING EDIT IDENTIFIERS ARE INSERTED DIRECTLY INTO THE THIRD DOCUMENT. DATA UNITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MATCHING UNIT IDENTIFIERS AND THE NON-MATCHING EDIT IDENTIFIERS ARE MERGED INTO THE THIRD DOCUMENT.