Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating efficient communication of data communicated pursuant to a syncrhonization session
First Claim
1. In a radio communication system having a network part at which a network-copy database is maintained and a mobile node at which a mobile-copy database is maintained, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating placement of data stored at a selected one of the network-copy database and mobile-copy database into a form to facilitate efficient communication thereof pursuant to a synchronization session, said apparatus comprising:
- a change list maintained at least at a selected one of the network part and the mobile node and associated with a corresponding selected one of the network-copy database and the mobile-copy database, said change list containing a history of changes made to the corresponding selected one of the network-copy database and the mobile-copy database;
a change-list coordinator adapted to receive indications of changes made to the corresponding selected one of the network-copy database and the mobile-copy database, said change-list coordinator for coordinating the history of changes contained in said change list such that the history of changes includes non-redundant change listings.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for placing data that is to be communicated pursuant to a synchronization session into efficient form. The synchronization session operates to synchronize database copies to place the data records of the database copies in match with one another. A coordinator coordinates change entries that are placed into a change listing. The coordination removes redundancies of the change entries so that the change entries that form a change history are maintained in efficient form, thereby to minimize the bandwidth required upon a radio air interface to communicate such information pursuant to a synchronization session.
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1. In a radio communication system having a network part at which a network-copy database is maintained and a mobile node at which a mobile-copy database is maintained, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating placement of data stored at a selected one of the network-copy database and mobile-copy database into a form to facilitate efficient communication thereof pursuant to a synchronization session, said apparatus comprising:
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a change list maintained at least at a selected one of the network part and the mobile node and associated with a corresponding selected one of the network-copy database and the mobile-copy database, said change list containing a history of changes made to the corresponding selected one of the network-copy database and the mobile-copy database;
a change-list coordinator adapted to receive indications of changes made to the corresponding selected one of the network-copy database and the mobile-copy database, said change-list coordinator for coordinating the history of changes contained in said change list such that the history of changes includes non-redundant change listings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a method of communicating in a radio communication system having a network part at which a network copy database is maintained and a mobile node at which a mobile copy database is maintained, an improvement of a method for facilitating placement of data stored at a selected one of the network copy database and mobile copy database into a form to facilitate efficient communication thereof pursuant to a synchronization session, said method comprising:
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coordinating a history of changes indicative of changes to a selected one of the network copy database and the mobile copy database such that the history of changes includes only non-redundant change listings; and
placing the history of changes coordinated during said operation of coordinating into a change list maintained at a corresponding one of the network part and the mobile node, corresponding to the network copy database and the mobile copy database of which the history of changes is indicative. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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