Vector Graphics Editing With Integer IDs and Delta Sync
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Solution Overview
Problem
Collaborative editing of complex vector graphics is challenging due to the need for manual tracking of edits and the strain on computing resources caused by fractional indexing, especially when multiple users are making changes to the same design.
Innovation Solution
A vector graphics entity component system (VG-ECS) uses integer-based identifiers and sparse set representations to efficiently manage graphical constructs, allowing real-time synchronization through a live editing server, minimizing network traffic and resource strain.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If fractional indexing is used to track edits in real-time, then collaborative editing responsiveness is improved, but computing resource strain increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the indexing parameter from fractional to integer-based identifiers. This parameter change allows the system to maintain real-time collaborative editing responsiveness while significantly reducing computing resource strain, as integer operations are more efficient than fractional indexing operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by transmitting only the delta changes (differences) between versions rather than copying the entire vector graphic data. This allows real-time synchronization across multiple users while minimizing network traffic and computing resource consumption.
2Manufacturing precision
If manual tracking of edits is performed, then editing precision is maintained, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically tracking and synchronizing edits through delta change transmission. The live editing server automatically manages the synchronization process without requiring manual intervention, maintaining editing precision while dramatically improving collaborative editing efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the live editing server receives delta changes from multiple users, processes them in a consistent order, and sends acknowledgment signals back to clients. This feedback loop ensures editing precision is maintained while enabling efficient real-time collaboration.
3Stability of the object's composition
If real-time synchronization is implemented, then collaborative editing consistency is improved, but network traffic increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential change information (delta changes) from the complete vector graphic data and transmits only these differences across the network. This extraction approach maintains collaborative editing consistency while significantly reducing network traffic compared to transmitting entire graphic files.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the vector graphic into manageable delta changes that can be transmitted and applied incrementally. By dividing the synchronization process into small, discrete delta packets, the system achieves consistent collaborative editing while minimizing network traffic and improving transmission efficiency.
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AI summary
Certain aspects and features of this disclosure relate to providing a vector graphics entity component system that supports collaborative editing in real time or near real time. Graphical constructs are efficiently described by integer-based identifiers, and graphical constructs of the same type are stored in a definitional component. Each client maintains both a pending state representation and a synchronized state representation of the graphical design to independently track the state of the representation at a live editing server. The use of integer-based identifiers for graphical constructs provides an efficient change representation that can be communicated with minimal network traffic. All copies of the graphical design represented among clients reach a consistent state quickly even when multiple users are making changes to the same vector path, eliminating the need to track changes manually or to move large files.