SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATABASES ASSOCIATED WITH RESPECTIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER SERVICE ACCOUNTS
First Claim
1. A method of managing databases at an electronic device, associated with respective ones of a first PIM service account and a second PIM service account, the method comprising:
- receiving data representative of records at a server associated with said second PIM service account and obtaining data representative of records already present at said electronic device;
comparing said data representative of said records at said server with said data representative of records already present at said electronic device; and
determining with which of two of said databases ones of said records, at said server, for which representative data is received are associated, based on whether each of said records, at said server, for which representative data is received is already present in one of said two of said databases.
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Abstract
A method of managing databases at an electronic device, associated with respective ones of a first PIM service account and a second PIM service account. The method includes: receiving representative data of records at a server associated with the second PIM service account and obtaining data representative of records already present at the electronic device; comparing the data representative of the records at the server with the data representative of records already present at the electronic device; and determining with which of two of the databases ones of the records, at the server, for which representative data is received are associated, based on whether each of the records, at the server, for which representative data is received is already present in one of the two of the databases
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13 Claims
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1. A method of managing databases at an electronic device, associated with respective ones of a first PIM service account and a second PIM service account, the method comprising:
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receiving data representative of records at a server associated with said second PIM service account and obtaining data representative of records already present at said electronic device; comparing said data representative of said records at said server with said data representative of records already present at said electronic device; and determining with which of two of said databases ones of said records, at said server, for which representative data is received are associated, based on whether each of said records, at said server, for which representative data is received is already present in one of said two of said databases. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electronic device comprising:
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a memory for storage of a plurality of PIM record databases associated with first and second PIM service accounts; a display device; a user input device; a communications device and antenna for receiving and sending data; and a processor connected to the memory, the display device, the user input device, and the communications device, for executing a program stored in the memory for receiving data representative of records from a server associated with said second PIM service account, comparing said data representative of said records from said server with data representative of records already present at said electronic device, determining with which of two of said databases ones of said records, at said server, for which representative data is received are associated, based on whether each of said records, at said server, for which representative data is received is already present in one of said two of said databases, and storing ones of said records for which representative data is received in said databases based on said determining.
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13. A computer program product for managing databases at an electronic device, associated with respective ones of a first PIM service account and a second PIM service account, said computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for:
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receiving representative data of records at a server associated with said second PIM service account and obtaining data representative of records already present at said electronic device; comparing said data representative of said records at said server with said data representative of records already present at said electronic device; and determining with which of two of said databases ones of said records, at said server, for which representative data is received are associated, based on whether each of said records, at said server, for which representative data is received is already present in one of said two of said databases.
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