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Distributed database management system

  • US 6,728,713 B1
  • Filed: 10/20/1999
  • Issued: 04/27/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A process for a self-maintaining distributed database system that ensures that a consistent subset of a central database is replicated in any number of client devices in a computer environment, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a central database resident on a server;

    wherein said database contains database objects;

    gathering objects to be replicated into distribution packages called “

    slices”

    ;

    wherein a slice is a subset of said central database which is relevant to clients within a specific domain;

    transmitting slices to client devices; and

    receiving uploaded database objects from client devices.

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