Method and system for using global equivalency sets to identify data during peer-to-peer synchronization
First Claim
1. A system operable synchronization method comprising:
- receiving at a first system one or more second data sets from one or more clients, the first system having one or more first data sets, the one or more first data sets each having associated therewith a first global equivalency identification (GID) and each having one or more first identity keys related to first data of the first data set, the one or more second data sets received from the one or more clients each having associated therewith a second GID and each having one or more second identity keys related to second data of the first data set, each of the first and second GIDs uniquely identifying its associated data set from among other data sets created on other systems;
identifying whether any of the one or more second data sets is a new data set for the first system by determining if any of the second GIDs associated with the one or more second data sets is not equivalent to one of the first GIDs associated with the one or more first data sets at the first system;
upon identifying any of the second data sets as being a new data set for the first system, identifying whether any of the new data sets is an independently created data set at least similar to one of the first data sets at the first system by checking if at least one of the second identity keys of the new data set is at least similar to at least one of the first identity keys of at least one of the first data sets at the first system; and
upon identifying any of the second data sets as being an independently created data set, associating the first data set and the independently created data set having at least similar first and second identity keys as corresponding to each other at the first system.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for synchronization including the use of a global equivalency identification datum or set of datum. A universally unique identification datum may be associated with each independently created associated data set. In some embodiments, a synchronization server software element may be responsible for maintaining synchronization for a plurality of clients, including software elements or devices. A record believed to be new by the software elements may verify that the record is actually new. In some embodiments, verification of the record'"'"'s newness involves assuming that the local ID is a global identification datum and comparing that datum to the all the sets of datum that the Sync-Server knows about. The synchronization server software element may use a table to hold information for all of the records known to that element. In some embodiments these records may have been deleted in the past.
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37 Claims
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1. A system operable synchronization method comprising:
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receiving at a first system one or more second data sets from one or more clients, the first system having one or more first data sets, the one or more first data sets each having associated therewith a first global equivalency identification (GID) and each having one or more first identity keys related to first data of the first data set, the one or more second data sets received from the one or more clients each having associated therewith a second GID and each having one or more second identity keys related to second data of the first data set, each of the first and second GIDs uniquely identifying its associated data set from among other data sets created on other systems; identifying whether any of the one or more second data sets is a new data set for the first system by determining if any of the second GIDs associated with the one or more second data sets is not equivalent to one of the first GIDs associated with the one or more first data sets at the first system; upon identifying any of the second data sets as being a new data set for the first system, identifying whether any of the new data sets is an independently created data set at least similar to one of the first data sets at the first system by checking if at least one of the second identity keys of the new data set is at least similar to at least one of the first identity keys of at least one of the first data sets at the first system; and upon identifying any of the second data sets as being an independently created data set, associating the first data set and the independently created data set having at least similar first and second identity keys as corresponding to each other at the first system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A first system for synchronizing with one or more second systems, the first system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein; one or more first data sets each having associated therewith a first global equivalency identification datum (GID) and each having one or more first identity keys related to first data of the first data set, and a synchronization server program adapted to; receive from one or more clients one or more second data sets, the one or more second data sets each having associated therewith a second GID and each having one or more second identity key related to second data of the second data set, each of the first and second GIDs uniquely identifying its associated data set from among other data sets created on other systems; identify whether any of the second data sets is a new data set for the first system by determining if any of the second GIDs associated with the one or more second data sets is not equivalent to one of the first GIDs of the first data sets at the first system; upon identifying any of the second data sets as being a new data set for the first system, identify whether any of the new data sets is an independently created data set at least similar to one of the first data sets at the first system by checking if at least one of the second identity keys of the new data set is at least similar to at least one of the first identity keys of at least one of the first data sets at the first system; and upon identifying any of the second data sets as being an independently created data set, associate the first data set and the independently created data set having at least similar first and second identity keys as corresponding to each other at the first system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system operable synchronization method comprising:
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receiving at a first system from a client one or more second data sets, the first system having one or more first data sets, the one or more first data sets at the first system each having associated therewith a first global equivalency identification (GID) and each having one or more first identity keys related to first data of the first data set, the second data sets each having associated therewith a second GID and each having one or more second identity keys related to second data of the second data set, each of the first and second GIDs uniquely identifying its associated data set from among other data sets created on other systems; identifying whether any of the second data sets is a new data set for the first system by determining if any of the second GIDs of the second data sets is not equivalent to any of the first GIDs of the first data sets at the first system; upon identifying any of the second data sets as being a new data set for the first system, identifying whether any of the new data sets is an independently created data set at least similar to one of the first data sets at the first system by checking if at least one of the second identity keys of the new data set is at least similar to at least one of the first identity keys of at least one of the first data sets at the first system, each of the identity keys directly related to data of its associated data set; upon identifying any of the second data sets as not being a new data set, identifying whether any of the not new data sets is changed by checking if at least one second property of the not new data set is different from at least one corresponding first property of at least one of the first data sets having associated therewith a first GID equivalent to the second GID of the not new data set; if any of the new data sets is identified as being not independently created, storing the new data set on the first system; if any of the new data sets is identified as being an independently created data set, associating the first data set and the independently created data set having at least similar first and second identity keys as corresponding to each other at the first system; and if any of the second data sets is identified as being not new and changed, updating the first data set having associated therewith the first GID equal to the second GID of the not new and changed second data set according to a conflicts resolution scheme. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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