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Database synchronization via a mobile network

  • US 10,089,376 B2
  • Filed: 08/30/2016
  • Issued: 10/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Within a system comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) network coupled between a first computer and a second computer, a method comprising:

  • establishing and maintaining a data path over the IP network between the first computer and the second computer using a tunnelling protocol;

    maintaining a first database on the first computer, the first database having an existing data item;

    maintaining a second database on the second computer, the second database having a corresponding data item that has been previously synchronized with the existing data item;

    detecting a change in the existing data item by the first computer; and

    transmitting a notification message from the first computer to the second computer over the data path, the notification message comprising;

    an indication the existing data item has changed; and

    the change in the existing data item;

    andupdating the corresponding data item, wherein detecting the change, verifying the data path, and transmitting the notification message are executed in near real-time.

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