Patent 7680932 was granted and assigned to MKS Inc. on March, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A version control system for managing versioned files comprises a central server storing a repository of the versioned files. At least one proxy is connected to the central server. Each proxy includes a read-only cache for storing data from the repository. At least one client is connected to each of the proxies. Modifications to the versioned files may only be made by the central server.