Databases synchronization

• US 20070174348A1
• Filed: 06/15/2004
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Axalto S A
• Original Assignee: Axalto S A
• Inventors: Dubois, Christophe, Abellan Sevilla, Jorge
• Application Number:
  US10/561,012
• Publication Number:
  US 20070174348A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/275 Synchronous replication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

1) A method for synchronizing databases (DB1, DB2), a first database (DB1) being stored in a first data processing system (MOB), a second database (DB2) being stored in a second data processing system (MNO), said method comprising: a. A loading step in which an application (APP) is loaded into said first data processing system (MOB); b. An execution step in which the application (APP) executes a command; c. A requesting step in which said command requests the first data processing system (MOB) to process a synchronization step, said command providing the first data processing system (MOB) with the information about the synchronization parameters to be used for synchronizing the content of the first (DB1) and the second (DB2) databases, said method being characterized in that said first data processing system (MOB) includes a security token (CAR) controlled by an operator (OP) and in that said application (APP) is loaded into said security token (CAR).

Claims

1. A method for synchronizing databases (DB1, DB2), a first database (DB1) being stored in a first data processing system (MOB), a second database (DB2) being stored in a second data processing system (MNO),

said method comprising:

a. A loading step in which an application (APP) is loaded into said first data processing system (MOB);

b. An execution step in which the application (APP) executes a command;

c. A requesting step which said command requests the first data processing system (MOB) to process a synchronization step, said command providing the first data processing system (MOB) with the information about the synchronization parameters to be used for synchronizing the content of the first (DB1) and the second (DB2) databases,

said method characterized in that

said first data processing system (MOB) includes a security token (CAR) controlled by an operator (OP) and in that said application (APP) is loaded into said security token (CAR).

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the information includes the identifier of the database (DB2) to be synchronized.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the information includes the synchronization protocol to be used between the 1st and 2nd data processing systems.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the information includes the identifier of the first database (DB1).

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the first data processing system (MOB) is a mobile apparatus coupled to a smart card.

6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the application is informed of the synchronization result between the 1st and 2nd databases.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the application is informed of the synchronization result if this was requested in the command.