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Mechanism for maintaining data format synchronization between different entities

  • US 20060259909A1
  • Filed: 05/13/2005
  • Published: 11/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of enabling data stored in a file associated with a first application program A1 to be read by a second application program A2 that may not have data-sharing compatibility with said first application program A1, said method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) defining, a priori, an application-independent data format, Fexchange, that is agreed upon by all consumer applications, including said first and second application programs A1 and A2, respectively;

    (b) in the course of storing data in a first data file associated with the execution of said first application program A1, providing in said first data file instructions that are operative to convert the format of the data in said first data file to said application-independent intermediate data format, Fexchange;

    (c) in the course of execution of said second application program A2, whenever access of data stored in said first file of said first application program A1 is required, causing said second application program A2 to retrieve from said first data file instructions for converting the format of the data in said first data file to said application-independent intermediate data format, Fexchange; and

    (d) causing said second application program A2 to execute said retrieved instructions for converting the format of the data in said first data file to said application-independent intermediate data format, Fexchange, thereby retrieving the data from said first application program A1.

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