Method, system, and computer program product for synchronization of similar data objects with event information

• US 8,180,839 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Issued: 05/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: iAnywhere Solutions Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: iAnywhere Solutions Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Baynes, Robert W. Jr., Gray, Michael R., Landray, Tashana K., Upson, Linus M., Whittaker, Thomas E.
• Primary Examiner(s): SHINGLES, KRISTIE D
• Application Number:
  US12/646,790
• Publication Number:
  US 20100174679A1
• Time in Patent Office: 874 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/246
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2386 Bulk updating operations data conversion details G06F16/258
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/273 Asynchronous replication or reconciliation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for receiving information at a first device is provided. The method includes storing a first data object on the first device in a first device-specific representation, receiving a batch of information in response to the first device transitioning from an off-line state to an online state, processing the modification event to recover the modification, updating the first data object based on the recovered modification, and transmitting an acknowledgement indicating that the modification event was successfully processed by the first device. The batch of information includes a modification event. The content of the batch was determined based at least on a state of data stored on the first device. The modification event was generated based on at least a modification made to a second data object stored at a second device in a second device-specific representation.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for receiving information at a first device, comprising:

storing a first data object on the first device in a first device-specific representation;

receiving a batch of information in response to the first device transitioning from an off-line state to an online state, wherein the batch of information includes a first modification event, a content of the batch having been determined based at least on a state of data stored on the first device, the first modification event having been generated based on at least a modification made to a second data object stored at a second device in a second device-specific representation, wherein the batch of information was transmitted by a third device, the third device being different from the second device, and wherein the first modification event was generated by the third device by resolving a conflict between a second modification event generated by the second device representative of the modification made to the second data object and a third modification event representative of a modification made to a third data object on a fourth device;

processing the first modification event to recover the modification;

updating the first data object based on the recovered modification; and

transmitting an acknowledgement indicating that the first modification event was successfully processed by the first device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first modification event comprises an email.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said processing comprises:

parsing the email to recover the first modification event.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

queuing the first modification event in a buffer.

4. The method of 3, wherein the first modification event is included in an attachment to the email.

6. A computer system for receiving information at a first device, comprising:

a storage for storing a first data object on the first device in a first device-specific representation;

a module configured to receive a batch of information in response to the first device transitioning from an off-line state to an online state, wherein the batch of information includes a first modification event, a content of the batch having been determined based at least on a state of data stored on the first device, the first modification event having been generated based on at least a modification made to a second data object stored at a second device in a second device-specific representation, wherein the batch of information was transmitted by a third device, the third device being different from the second device, and wherein the first modification event was venerated by the third device by resolving a conflict between a second modification event generated by the second device representative of the modification made to the second data object and a third modification event representative of a modification made to a third data object on a fourth device;

a module configured to process the first modification event to recover the modification;

a module configured to update the first data object based on the recovered modification; and

a module configured to transmit an acknowledgement indicating that the first modification event was successfully processed by the first device.

7. The computer system of claim 6, wherein the first modification event comprises an email, further comprising:

a module configured to parse the email to recover the first modification event.

8. The computer system of claim 6, further comprising:

a module configured to queue the first modification event in a buffer.

9. A non-transitory computer program product storing one or more sequences of one or more instructions for execution by one or more processors to perform a method for processing memory requests, the instructions when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

store a first data object on the first device in a first device-specific representation;

receive a batch of information in response to the first device transitioning from an off-line state to an online state, wherein the batch of information includes a first modification event, a content of the batch having been determined based at least on a state of data stored on the first device, the first modification event having been generated based on at least a modification made to a second data object stored at a second device in a second device-specific representation, wherein the batch of information was transmitted by a third device, the third device being different from the second device, and wherein the first modification event was generated by the third device by resolving a conflict between a second modification event generated by the second device representative of the modification made to the second data object and a third modification event representative of a modification made to a third data object on a fourth device;

process the first modification event to recover the modification;

update the first data object based on the recovered modification; and

transmit an acknowledgement indicating that the first modification event was successfully processed by the first device.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the first modification event comprises an email.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising the processor to:

queue the first modification event in a buffer.