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System and method for data synchronization

  • US 7,181,539 B1
  • Filed: 09/01/1999
  • Issued: 02/20/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of synchronizing activation of scheduled update data among a plurality of web servers, wherein each of the plurality of web servers is coupled to a common data server, the method comprising:

  • receiving a scheduled activation time from the common data server;

    comparing a time associated with a clock in each web server of the plurality of web servers to a time associated with a clock in the common data server;

    adjusting the scheduled activation time on each web server of the plurality of web servers by the time difference between the clock in each web server of the plurality of web servers and the click in the common data server;

    prior to the scheduled activation time, receiving the scheduled update data into staging caches in each web server of the plurality of web servers; and

    at the scheduled activation time, activating the scheduled update data by causing the scheduled update data from the staging caches within each web server of the plurality of web servers to be accessible from an active cache within each web server of the plurality of web servers.

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