METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA BETWEEN TWO GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPARATE LOCATIONS

• US 20150373101A1
• Filed: 06/18/2014
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Claude Lano Cox, Liam B. Quinn, Mark W. Welker, Rocco Ancona
• Inventors: COX, CLAUDE LANO, QUINN, LIAM B., WELKER, MARK W., ANCONA, ROCCO
• Application Number:
  US14/308,459
• Publication Number:
  US 20150373101A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/122 where hardware performs an I/O function other than control of data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

Methods and systems for synchronizing data between two geographically disparate locations are disclosed. The method includes identifying a first file on a first device in communication with a first docking station; and obtaining a second file at a second docking station in communication with the first docking station. The method also includes calculating a difference between the first file and the second file and updating the first file using the difference.

Claims

1. A method for synchronizing data between two geographically disparate locations, comprising:

identifying a first file on a first device in communication with a first docking station;

obtaining a second file at a second docking station in communication with the first docking station;

calculating a difference between the first file and the second file; and

updating the first file using the difference.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second file is obtained from a cloud storage service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second file is obtained from a second device in communication with the second docking station.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein calculating the difference between the first file and the second file comprises:

transmitting the first file from the first docking station to the second docking station; and

comparing, at the second docking station, the first file and the second file.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising caching a copy of the second file at the second docking station, wherein comparing the first file and the second file comprises comparing the first file and the cached copy of the second file.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein calculating the difference between the first file and the second file comprises:

transmitting the second file from the second docking station to the first docking station; and

comparing, at the first docking station, the first file and the second file.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising caching a copy of the second file at the first docking station, wherein comparing the first file and the second file comprises comparing the first file and the cached copy of the second file.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to:

identify a first file on a first device in communication with a first docking station;

obtain a second file at a second docking station in communication with the first docking station;

calculate a difference between the first file and the second file; and

update the first file using the difference.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second file is obtained from a cloud storage service.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second file is obtained from a second device in communication with the second docking station.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein calculating the difference between the first file and the second file comprises:

transmitting the first file from the first docking station to the second docking station; and

comparing, at the second docking station, the first file and the second file.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, the computer readable instructions further causing the processor to cache a copy of the second file at the second docking station, wherein comparing the first file and the second file comprises comparing the cached copy of the first file and the second file.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein calculating the difference between the first file and the second file comprises:

transmitting the second file from the second docking station to the first docking station; and

comparing, at the first docking station, the first file and the second file.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, the computer readable instructions further causing the processor to cache a copy of the second file at the first docking station, wherein comparing the first file and the second file comprises comparing the cached copy of the first file and the second file.

15. An information handling system, comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor;

a first docking station;

a second docking station; and

a synchronization module resident in the memory and including computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to;

identify a first file on a first device in communication with the first docking station;

obtain a second file at a second docking station in communication with the first docking station;

calculate a difference between the first file and the second file; and

update the second file using the difference.

16. The information handling system of claim 15, wherein the second file is obtained from a second device in communication with the second docking station.

17. The information handling system of claim 15, wherein calculating the difference between the first file and the second file comprises:

transmitting the first file from the first docking station to the second docking station; and

comparing, at the second docking station, the first file and the second file.

18. The information handling system of claim 17, the computer readable instructions further causing the processor to cache a copy of the first file at the second docking station, wherein comparing the first file and the second file comprises comparing the cached copy of the first file and the second file.

19. The information handling system of claim 15, wherein calculating the difference between the first file and the second file comprises:

transmitting the second file from the second docking station to the first docking station; and

comparing, at the first docking station, the first file and the second file.

20. The information handling system of claim 19, the computer readable instructions further causing the processor to cache a copy of the first file at the first docking station, wherein comparing the first file and the second file comprises comparing the cached copy of the first file and the second file.