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Database synchronizer

  • US 5,870,765 A
  • Filed: 10/09/1996
  • Issued: 02/09/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computing system for sharing data between a plurality of computers, the computing system comprising:

  • a first computer having a first database which includes a first collection of data representable as a first plurality of rows and a first plurality of columns;

    a second computer having a second database which includes a second collection of data including data replicated from the first database, the second collection of data representable as a second plurality of rows and a second plurality of columns;

    an ordered list of common columns in the first plurality of columns and the second plurality of columns; and

    a database synchronizer for synchronizing the first collection and the second collection at an arbitrary time, the database synchronizer using the ordered list to identify the location of data in the collections.

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