ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,682, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Conflict-free graphs of distributed data structures" was invented by William J. Thimbleby (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device implementing a system for obtaining a consistent state of data based on data updates made on different devices includes a processor configured to generate, for a first data update, a first data model including first data nodes, each including a first identifier and a first data value corresponding to one of first data objects. The processor is configured to receive from a second device, for a second data update to t...