Synchronizing data-sets

• US 10,216,789 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2014
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bank, Judith H, Harpur, Liam, Lyle, Ruthie D, O'Sullivan, Patrick J, Sun, Lin
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong, Cam Y T
• Application Number:
  US14/555,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20150234909A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,553 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2423 Interactive query statement specification based on a database schema
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2453 Query optimisation

Abstract

Different data-sets for functionality to be synchronized across users can be identified by many variable including social networks the user is participating in, by identified interests of the user, by the physical location of the device being synchronized, by one or more applications being used on the device, by the season, by a social event being attended by a user, and by a wireless network being accessed at that time.

Claims

1. A method for providing type ahead cues, the method comprising:

at a processor of a first device, receive type-ahead operations from a second device, the second device being operable by a first user, the type-ahead operations including a data-set of contemporaneous cues or suggestions comprising word search terms, for the first user of the second device and the data-set being provided to the second device to complete an open enterable tillable field fillable by the first user of the second device, the open enterable fillable field in a fillable field application running on the second device,

at the processor of the first device, update a registry accessible over a network to reflect the received type-ahead operations from the second device;

at the processor of the first device, synchronizing type-ahead operations between the second device and a third device;

wherein

the third device is being operated by a second user,

the first user is different than the second user,

the synchronized type-ahead operations are for use by a tillable field application at the third device during type-ahead operations of the fillable field application at the third device, and

the synchronized type-ahead operations are used by the third device to provide contemporaneous cues or suggestions to the second user when filling an open enterable field of the fillable field application of the third device;

determine if the third device is at a target physical location or is part of a target business networking group or is part of a target social networking group; and

when a determination is made that the third device is at the target physical location or is part of the target business networking group or is part of the target social networking group, synchronize updated type-ahead operations from the registry to the third device for use in the tillable field application running on the third device

when the third device is at the target physical location, or

when the third device is part of the target business networking group, or

when the third device has joined the target social networking group.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the tillable field application running on the second device comprises one or more of following:

an email client, a web browser, a soft-phone, a text messenger, a calendar, a voice translator, a code translator.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

at the processor of the first device, receive one or more settings for use in type-ahead operations when offering a cue or suggestion for a user entering data into an application on the second device;

wherein the one or more settings for use to complete a field in an application on the second device comprises;

a temperature, or time, or user preference, or cookie, or recency state of a user different than the first user.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

at the processor of the first device, remove type-ahead operations, previously sent to the second device for use by a fillable field application on the second device, from the second device when the first user'"'"'s session in the application on the second device ends.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

updating the registry to reflect updated information of one the first user of the second device when personal information of the first user changes.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination made is whether a second device is at a target physical location or is part of a target business networking group or is part of a target social networking group, and wherein the target physical location is a commercial real property or is the target physical location of a group event.

7. A method for providing type-ahead cues, the method including a computer network system having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable by one or more processors to cause the computer network system to;

receive type-ahead operations from a first user device of a first user, the type-ahead operations including a data-set of cues or suggestions comprising word search terms, the data-set is used to contemporaneously complete an open enterable field tillable by a user, the open enterable field in an application running on a user device and including one or more settings for use in type-ahead operations when offering a cue or suggestion for a user entering data into an application on the user'"'"'s device;

update a registry accessible over a network to reflect the received type-head operations from the first user device, wherein the registry is configured to push type-ahead operations when the registry is updated;

determine if a second user device is at a target physical location or is part of a target business networking group or is part of a target social networking group, the second user device being associated with a second user, the second user being different than the first user; and

when a determination is made that the second user device is at the target physical location or is part of the target business networking group or is part of the target social networking group, synchronize type-ahead operations from the registry to the second user device for use in an application running on the second user device,

when the second user device is at the target location, or

when the second user device is part of the target business networking group, or

when the second user device has joined the target social networking group.

8. The method of claim 7

wherein the target physical location is a commercial real property or is the physical location of a group event.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the application running on the first user device with fields tillable by a user comprises one or more of following:

an email client, a web browser, a soft-phone, a text messenger, a calendar, a voice translator, a code translator.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein the one or more settings for use to complete a field in an application on the first user device fillable by the first user comprises applications regarding:

a temperature, or time, or user preference, or cookie with a field fillable by the first user, or recency state of another user with a field fillable by the another user.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein the program instructions readable by a processor further cause the computer network system to:

remove type-ahead operations, previously sent to the second user'"'"'s device for use by an application on the second user'"'"'s device, from the second user'"'"'s device when the second user'"'"'s session in the application on the second user'"'"'s device ends.

12. The method of claim 7 wherein the program instructions readable by a processor further cause the computer network system to:

update the registry to reflect updated information of one or more user'"'"'s when personal information of the one or more user'"'"'s changes.

13. A method for managing type-ahead operations on a computing device, the method comprising:

maintaining a central data set for customized type-ahead operations for use in one or more user applications, each user application running on a computing device, the customized type-ahead operations include a type-ahead data-set having a plurality of word search terms;

receiving type-ahead operation data for the central data set from a registered first device user of the central data set, the type-ahead operation data comprising contemporaneous clues or suggestions for subsequent use by a second device user when the second device user is filling an open and enterable field in an application running on the second device user'"'"'s computing device;

synchronize the central data set to provide user prompts in an application running on a user device from the central data set to a second user device for use in an application running on the second user device; and

when an unregistered third user joins a group or enters a physical space, accepting registration of the unregistered third user and sending the type-ahead operation data from the central data set for use when filling an open and enterable field In one or more user applications running on a computing device of the registered third user.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the central data set is maintained at a network accessible central registry and the central data set includes search-criteria settings comprising:

time, weather, wireless network, or location.