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

• US 8,843,577 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2012
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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:
  US13/470,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20120226735A1
• Time in Patent Office: 862 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• 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 updating an object on a mobile device is provided. The computer-implemented method includes maintaining at a server a plurality of channels, the plurality of channels including at least a first representation of the object, generating a modification event when a change to the object is detected, responsive to the modification event, at least updating the representation of the object yielding a second representation of the object, and conveying, during a synchronization process, the second representation of the object to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

resolving a conflict between a first modification event and a second modification event, the first modification event being representative of a first change to a first object and the second modification event being representative of a second change to the first object, wherein the first object is maintained on a device;

generating a third modification event based on the resolved conflict;

generating a batch update based at least on a representation of a second object on the device, wherein the batch update comprises the third modification event and at least one update to the representation of the second object; and

responsive to a change in a state of the device from a first state to a second state, conveying the batch update to the device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first object comprises one or more of (a) content, (b) an application, (c) a service, or (d) a link.

3. The computer implemented-method of claim 1, wherein the first state is an offline mode and the second state is an online mode.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

queuing the first and second modification events in a buffer.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the first change of the first object.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second modification events comprises an email.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

pushing at least one of the first and second modification events to a second device.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising:

conveying at least one of the first and second modification events to a third device responsive to a request received from the third device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an acknowledgement from the device, wherein the acknowledgement includes information indicating that the third modification event was successfully processed by the device.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising:

responsive to the receiving, updating a data store.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the resolving comprises:

comparing a priority associated with the first modification event to a priority associated with the second modification event.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first change to the first object is a change to a first device-specific representation of the first object and wherein the second change to the first object is a change to a second device-specific representation of the first object.