Business application entity subscriptions synch operation management

• US 7,567,967 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2004
• Issued: 07/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: El Husseini, Ahmad M., Zhiyanov, Dmitry V., St. Lorant, Misha H., Kureshy, Arif, Chopra, Gagan
• Primary Examiner(s): Cottingham; John R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL
• Application Number:
  US10/884,558
• Publication Number:
  US 20050165803A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,852 Days
• Field of Search: 707/100, 709/248
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/273 Asynchronous replication or reconciliation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability

Abstract

In a method of managing a synch operation during which business solutions entities are loaded into a mobile data store of a mobile computing device from a central data storage system, subscriptions are defined that identify entities to be loaded into the mobile data store during a synch operation. Next, a remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store and a subscriptions data quantity corresponding to an amount of data space required to store the entities identified by the subscriptions are estimated. Finally, the subscriptions data quantity is compared to the remaining data storage capacity.

Claims

1. A computing device implemented method of managing a synch operation during which business solutions entities are loaded into a tangible mobile data store of a handheld mobile computing device from a central data storage system, the method comprising:

defining subscriptions identifying business solutions entities to be loaded into the mobile data store during a synch operation, wherein the subscriptions are defined by a user of the mobile computing device and the mobile data store contains a total amount of data, a portion of which corresponds to a quantity of entity data corresponding to at least one of the entities identified by the subscriptions;

estimating a current remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store that is greater than a data storage capacity of the mobile data store less the total amount of data comprising calculating the current remaining data storage capacity in accordance with the following equation;

R═

C−

(T−

E)

 

where R represents the current remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store, C represents the data storage capacity of the mobile data store, T represents the total amount of data and E represents the quantity of entity data;

estimating a subscriptions data quantity corresponding to an amount of data space required to store the entities identified by the subscriptions;

comparing the subscriptions data quantity to the estimated current remaining data storage capacity; and

displaying the subscriptions data quantity on the mobile computing device prior to performing the synch operation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method comprises:

estimating, prior to performing the synch operation, a final remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store that would remain if the synch operation occurred; and

displaying the subscriptions data quantity comprises displaying the subscriptions data quantity relative to the estimated final remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the displaying the subscriptions data quantity comprises displaying a graphical representation of the subscriptions data quantity.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein:

each of the entities are associated with a category; and

the graphical representation of the subscriptions data quantity illustrates a breakdown of the subscriptions data quantity into the categories.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the graphical representation of the subscriptions data quantity includes a bar graph.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the subscriptions data quantity comprises displaying a numerical representation of the subscriptions data quantity.

7. The method of claim 1 including generating a warning when the subscriptions data quantity exceeds the estimated current remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store.

8. The method of claim 1 including preventing the synch operation between the mobile computing device and the central data storage system when the subscriptions data quantity exceeds the estimated current remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein estimating a subscriptions data quantity is performed in response to a user input.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein estimating a subscriptions data quantity is performed in response to a change in the subscriptions.

11. A handheld mobile computing device comprising:

a mobile data store containing a total amount of data;

subscriptions data identifying business solutions entities to be loaded to the mobile data store from a central data storage system during a synch operation, wherein a portion of the total amount of data corresponds to a quantity of entity data corresponding to at least one of the entities identified by the subscriptions; and

a display of a subscriptions data quantity corresponding to an amount of data storage space required to store the entities identified by the subscriptions data relative to a display of an estimated final remaining storage capacity of the mobile data store that would remain after a synch operation, during which the business solutions entities identified by the subscriptions are loaded into the mobile data store from a central data storage system;

wherein the estimated final remaining storage capacity is equal to a current remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store minus the subscriptions data quantity, wherein the current remaining data storage capacity (R) is calculated in accordance with the following equation;

R═

C−

(T−

E)

 

where C represents a data storage capacity of the mobile data store, T represents the total amount of data and E represents the quantity of entity data.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the displays of the subscriptions data quantity and the remaining data storage capacity comprise a graphical representation of at least one of the subscriptions data quantity and the remaining data storage capacity.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the displays of the subscriptions data quantity and the remaining data storage capacity comprise a numeric representation of at least one of the subscriptions data quantity and the remaining data storage capacity.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein the graphical representation includes a bar graph.

15. The device of claim 12, wherein:

the entities identified by the subscriptions data are associated with categories; and

the graphical representation illustrates a breakdown of the subscriptions data quantity into the categories.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the categories include a category selected from a group consisting of Accounts, Contacts, Opportunities and Activities.

17. The device of claim 11, wherein the displays of the subscription data quantity and the final remaining data storage capacity comprise graphical representations of the subscriptions data quantity and the final remaining data storage capacity comprising a bar graph having a scale corresponding to the remaining final data storage capacity.

18. The device of claim 11, wherein the display of the subscriptions data quantity comprises a graphical representation of the subscriptions data quantity.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the graphical representation comprises a bar graph.

20. The device of claim 18, wherein:

the entities identified by the subscriptions data are associated with categories; and

the graphical representation illustrates a breakdown of the subscriptions data quantity into the categories.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein the categories include a category selected from a group consisting of Accounts, Contacts, Opportunities and Activities.

22. The device of claim 18, wherein the display includes a numeric representation of the subscriptions data quantity.

23. A computing device implemented method of managing a synch operation during which business solutions entities are loaded into a tangible mobile data store of a handheld mobile computing device from a central data storage system, the method comprising:

defining subscriptions identifying business solutions entities to be loaded into the mobile data store of the handheld mobile computing device during a synch operation, wherein the mobile data store contains a total amount of data, a portion of which corresponds to a quantity of entity data corresponding to at least one of the entities identified by the subscriptions;

estimating a current remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store of the mobile computing device that is greater than a data storage capacity of the mobile data store less the total amount of data comprising calculating the current remaining data storage capacity in accordance with the following equation;

R═

C−

(T−

E)

 

where R represents the current remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store, C represents the data storage capacity of the mobile data store, T represents the total amount of data and E represents the quantity of entity data;

estimating a subscriptions data quantity corresponding to an amount of data space required to store the entities identified by the subscriptions;

estimating, prior to performing the synch operation, a final remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store that would remain if the synch operation occurred;

comparing the subscriptions data quantity to the estimated current remaining data storage capacity;

displaying the subscriptions data quantity relative to the estimated final remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store prior to performing the synch operation comprising displaying the subscriptions data quantity and the estimated final remaining data storage capacity; and

generating a warning when the subscriptions data quantity exceeds the estimated current remaining data storage capacity of the mobile computing device.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising performing the synch operation when subscriptions data quantity does not exceed the estimated current remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store.