ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,064, issued on July 8, was assigned to ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).
"Method and apparatus for sharing data across groups" was invented by Peng Yu (Hangzhou, China), Yang Ding (Hangzhou, China), Zhigao Yao (Hangzhou, China) and Yidong Fang (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for sharing data across groups. In one embodiment, the method comprises creating, by a cross-group collaboration platform, a collaboration project; determining, by the cross-group collaboration platform, groups participating in the collaboration project to desi...