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Subscription-Notification Mechanisms For Synchronization Of Distributed States

  • US 20140222899A1
  • Filed: 01/08/2014
  • Published: 08/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of synchronizing data between a client device and a remote server, the client device storing a plurality of buckets of information each including a plurality of field-value pairs, the remote server storing a plurality of buckets of information each including a plurality of field-value pairs, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at the remote server from the client device, a subscription request identifying a bucket of information stored on the remote server, the identified bucket of information corresponding to one of the plurality of buckets of information stored at the client device;

    determining, by the remote server, whether there is a difference in state between the identified bucket of information stored at the remote server and the corresponding bucket of information stored at the client device; and

    notifying, if it is determined that there is a difference in state between the identified bucket of information stored at the remote server and the corresponding bucket of information stored at the client device, the client device with information representative of at least one difference between the identified bucket of information stored at the remote server and the corresponding bucket of information stored at the client device.

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