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Service/client synchronization

  • US 20070094334A1
  • Filed: 10/21/2005
  • Published: 04/26/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a synchronization request at a server from a client to synchronize with an email account, wherein the synchronization request includes a generation identifier (ID) that identifies a group of changes to the email account which have been processed by the client;

    comparing the received generation ID to a generation ID stored at the server; and

    when the generation IDs do not match, initiating a synchronization with the client, the synchronization using change sequence numbers which correspond to the respective generation IDs, wherein each said change sequence number represents a change in state of a corresponding email in the email account.

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