Database Synchronization via a Mobile Network
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Abstract
An apparatus adapted to operate as an A party in a database synchronization with a B party via a mobile communication network. The database contains data items to be synchronized. The apparatus includes mechanisms for maintaining a copy of the database and a client-server communication module with a client part and a server part. The client part is configured to communicate via the mobile communication network with the server part of the B party. The apparatus also includes change detection mechanisms responsive to a detection of a changed data item, for initiating a synchronization event via the client part of the client-server communication module.
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26 Claims
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11. Within a system comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) network coupled between a first computer and a second computer, a method comprising:
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establishing and maintaining a data path over the IP network between the first computer and the second computer using a tunneling protocol; maintaining a first database on the first computer, the first database having an existing data item; maintaining a second database on the second computer, the second database having a corresponding data item that has been previously synchronized with the existing data item; detecting a change in the existing data item by the first computer; and transmitting a notification message from the first computer to the second computer over the data path, the notification message comprising; an indication the existing data item has changed; and the change in the existing data item; and updating the corresponding data item. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a first computer having a first database, the first database having an existing data item; a second computer having a second database, the second database having a corresponding data item; and an Internet Protocol (IP) network coupled between the first computer and the second computer; wherein; the first computer is configured to; establish and maintain a data path over the IP network between the first computer and the second computer using a tunneling protocol; maintain the first database; detect a change in the existing data item; and transmit a notification message to the second computer over the data path, the notification message comprising; an indication the existing data item has changed; and the change in the existing data item; and the second computer is configured to; receive the notification message; and update the corresponding data item. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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