Maintaining time-date information for syncing low fidelity devices
First Claim
1. In a distributed computing system having a device that stores properties in a database without a corresponding time-date field, a method of associating time-date information with a property value in the database, the method comprising the acts of:
- identifying, at a local machine, time-date information corresponding to one or more remote property values in a remote database at a remote device that stores properties without a corresponding time-date field;
formatting, at the local machine, the identified time-date information in a standard format parsable by one or more devices in the distributed computing system; and
sending, by the local machine, the formatted time-date information to the remote database at the remote device for storage in a field that is not reserved for storing time-date information and is associated with the one or more remote property values;
wherein the one or more property values are a subset of a total number of associated property values, and the one or more property values are selected to have the identified time-date information formatted in the standard format based on values associated with the time-date information, andwherein a remaining portion of property values from the total number of property values not selected are represented in the field associated with the one or more remote property values by a combined representation value, the combined representation value having associated time-date information based on time-date information for the remaining portion of property values.
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Abstract
Generally, the present invention provides for a distributed computing system that is capable of associating time-date information with a property value in the database. The distributed computing system has a device that stores properties in a database without corresponding time-date fields, and thus is considered a low fidelity or legacy device. Example embodiments provide that time-date information corresponding to remote property values can be identified and formatted in a standard format parsable by one or more devices in the distributed computing system. The formatted time-date information is sent to the remote database for storage in a field associated with the remote property values. The formatted time-date information can then subsequently be used in resolving conflicts between property values.
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8 Claims
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1. In a distributed computing system having a device that stores properties in a database without a corresponding time-date field, a method of associating time-date information with a property value in the database, the method comprising the acts of:
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identifying, at a local machine, time-date information corresponding to one or more remote property values in a remote database at a remote device that stores properties without a corresponding time-date field; formatting, at the local machine, the identified time-date information in a standard format parsable by one or more devices in the distributed computing system; and sending, by the local machine, the formatted time-date information to the remote database at the remote device for storage in a field that is not reserved for storing time-date information and is associated with the one or more remote property values; wherein the one or more property values are a subset of a total number of associated property values, and the one or more property values are selected to have the identified time-date information formatted in the standard format based on values associated with the time-date information, and wherein a remaining portion of property values from the total number of property values not selected are represented in the field associated with the one or more remote property values by a combined representation value, the combined representation value having associated time-date information based on time-date information for the remaining portion of property values.
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2. In a distributed computing system having a device that stores properties in a database without a corresponding time-date field, a method of associating time-date information with a property value in the database, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving, from a local machine, formatted time-date information associated with the one or more property values, the formatted time-date information formatted in a standard format parsable by one or more devices in the distributed computing system; and storing, at a remote device, the formatted time-date information in a database field that is not reserved for storing time-date information and is associated with the one or more property values such that the formatted time-date information can be utilized to resolve data conflicts involving the one or more property values; wherein the one or more property values are a subset of a total number of associated property values, and the one or more property values are selected to have the identified time-date information formatted in the standard format based on values associated with the time-date information, and wherein a remaining portion of property values from the total number of property values not selected are represented in the field associated with the one or more remote property values by a combined representation value, the combined representation value having associated time-date information based on time-date information for the remaining portion of property values. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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4. A computer program product for use in a distributed computing system having a device that stores properties in a database without a corresponding time-date field, the computer program product for implementing a method of resolving a data conflict between devices in the distributed computing system, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable media having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, can cause the distributed computing system to perform the following:
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receiving, at a local machine, a remote property value for a remote property and corresponding remote time-date information from a database at a remote device without a corresponding time-date field reserved for storing time-date information, the remote time-date information formatted in a standard format parsable by one or more devices in the distributed computing system; detecting, at the local machine, a conflict between the remote property value and a corresponding local property value; parsing, at the local machine, the remote time-date information according to the standard format to identify a remote time and date, the remote time and date indicating when the remote property value was changed; comparing the remote time and date to a local time and date, the local time and data indicated when the one or more local property values were changed; and resolving the conflict based on the results of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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