USAGE BASED SYNCHRONIZATION OF NOTE-TAKING APPLICATION FEATURES

• US 20130191335A1
• Filed: 01/19/2012
• Published: 07/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Tse, David Christopher, Suppalertporn, Sattawat, Sitaula, Suresh, Neitzke, Gary
• Granted Patent: US 9,529,884 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/634
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/273 Asynchronous replication or reconciliation

Abstract

Methods are disclosed for, within a note-taking application, selectively synchronizing different notebook components with a centralized server. In one particular embodiment, different notebook components are assigned different synchronization rates based on usage characteristics. The different notebook components are synchronized more or less frequently relative to each other based on the assigned synchronization rates.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of selectively synchronizing different notebook components within a note-taking application with a database accessible remotely over a computer network, the method comprising:

assigning a different synchronization rate to each of the different notebook components; and

synchronizing the notebook components with the database at different rates relative to one another based on the assigned synchronization rates.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein assigning comprises assigning based on at least in part on a determination of an amount of time since a user has last accessed each of the different notebook components.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein assigning comprises assigning based on at least in part on a determination of a history of use of the different notebook components.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising postponing said synchronizing of one of the notebook components based on a status of a network communication configuration.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the different notebook components are a plurality of notebooks containing notebook pages.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the different notebook components are a plurality of notebook pages.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the assigned synchronization rates defines a frequency at which synchronization operations are to be carried out.

8. A computer-implemented method of supporting a selective synchronization of a notebook component within a note-taking application with a database accessible over a computer network, the method comprising:

determining whether the notebook component is due for synchronization with the database, wherein determining comprises determining as a function of a synchronization rate assigned to the notebook component and a status of a network configuration variable.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the network configuration variable is an indicator of an available means of network communication with the remote database.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the synchronization rate defines a frequency of synchronization.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising assigning the synchronization rate to the notebook component based at least in part on an indication when the notebook component was last accessed by a user of the note-taking application.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising assigning the synchronization rate to the notebook component based at least in part on an indicator of how likely the notebook is likely to be of interest to a user of the note-taking application.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the notebook component is a notebook containing a notebook page and wherein the synchronization rate assigned to the notebook is assigned base at least in part on a determination as to when the notebook page was last accessed by a user.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the notebook component is a collection of notebook pages.

15. The method of claim 8, further comprising synchronizing the notebook component with the database if it is determined that the notebook component is due for synchronizing with the database.

16. A computer-implemented method of selectively synchronizing a notebook component within a note-taking application with a database accessible remotely over a computer network, the method comprising:

postponing synchronization of the notebook component based on a status of a network configuration.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the status of the network configuration is the status of a kind of network to which a client computing device upon which the notebook component resides is connected.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein postponing comprises postponing until the status of the network configuration is changed to an acceptable state.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the notebook component is a collection of notebook pages.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein postponing based on the status further comprises postponing based also on an indication of when the notebook component was last accessed by a user.

20-1. (canceled)