System and method for full wireless synchronization of a data processing apparatus with a data service

• US 8,954,512 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2007
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Friend, John, Belshe, Michael, Collins, Roger, Bennett, Mike
• Primary Examiner(s): Nooristany, Sulaiman
• Application Number:
  US11/879,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20070266107A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,766 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/236
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• 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: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/56 Packet switching systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/24 Multipath
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• 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 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A system is disclosed in which a data processing device is completely synchronized with a messaging service. One embodiment of the system comprises a wireless data processing device; a messaging service to maintain messages and other information on behalf of a user; and synchronization logic for maintaining synchronization of the messages and other information between the wireless device and the messaging service.

Claims

1. A data center comprising:

a wireless gateway, communicatively coupled to a wireless device via a first network, to wirelessly receive a first message update assigned a first identification code as a modification occurs to a first data object at the wireless device and to wirelessly receive a second message update assigned a second identification code as a modification occurs to a second data object at the wireless device, wherein the first identification code and the second identification code indicate a sequence in which the first message update and the second message update were generated;

in-order control logic to examine the first identification code and second identification code to determine if the first message update and the second message update have been received;

a message switch, coupled to the wireless gateway, to combine the first message update with the second message update to form a first block transaction; and

an outbound gateway, communicatively coupled to a server via a second network, to transmit the first block transaction to the server in order based upon the sequence of identification codes, wherein the transmission of a message update with a first identification code is delayed until one or more message updates with previous sequential identification codes have been received.

2. The data center of claim 1 wherein the data center receives a third message update from the server and transmits the third message update to the wireless device upon a messaging service application at the server initiating synchronization with the wireless device.

3. The data center of claim 2 wherein the message switch stores a second block transaction received from the wireless device prior to transmitting the first block transaction to the server.

4. The data center of claim 3 wherein the data center transmits a block acknowledge message to the server upon receiving the second block transaction.

5. The data center of claim 3 wherein the message switch stores a plurality of second block transactions prior to transmitting the plurality of second block transactions to the server.

6. The data center of claim 1 wherein the in-order control logic transmits a request to retransmit message updates that have not been received within a predetermined time period.

7. A data center comprising:

a wireless gateway, communicatively coupled to a wireless device via a first network, to wirelessly receive a first message update assigned a first identification code as a modification occurs to a first data object at the wireless device and to wirelessly receive a second message update assigned a second identification code as a modification occurs to a second data object at the wireless device, wherein the first identification code and the second identification code indicate a sequence in which the first message update and the second message update were generated; and

in-order control logic to examine the first identification code and second identification code to determine if the first message update and the second message update have been received;

an outbound gateway, communicatively coupled to a server via a second network, to transmit message data to the server;

wherein the outbound gateway transmits the received message updates in order based upon the sequence of identification codes; and

wherein the outbound gateway delays the transmission of a message update with a first identification code until one or more message updates with previous sequential identification codes have been received.

8. The data center of claim 7 wherein the in-order control logic transmits a request to retransmit message updates that have not been received within a predetermined time period.