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Craig Symonds

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Momin Mahmoud Al-Ghosien

Deon Brewis

Scott Robert Marison

Jean Pierre Duplessis

Jacob Meyer

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Allen Wayne Denver

Chris Lovett

David De Regt

Mohsen Agsen

Systems and methods for providing data replication and/or synchronization across multiple processor-based devices. Data objects (e.g., image files, video files, audio files) may exist in a plurality of forms (e.g., original, preview, thumbnail). The systems and methods utilize object device links (ODLs) and needs/has flags which are replicated to multiple processor-based devices to provide partial or full object replication between multiple processor-based devices. Some implementations provide complete replica backups of objects. Some implementations provide temporary protection of original forms of objects, for example, when a user is traveling. Some implementations provide for relaying and shuttling of objects across multiple devices via one or more networks and/or via peer-to-peer wired or wireless communications also allowing for offsite and remote location backup of objects. Some implementations provide support for container and individual object replication policies with inheritance. Some implementations can provide load balancing storage of objects. Some implementations can provide for efficient space management of objects on storage-constrained devices.

Object replication using object device links and flags

Interrelated items in a complex item set (such as a set of components in a complex software architecture) may be difficult to present in a manner that facilitates an understanding and evaluation of the item set, due to the amount of information and the difficulty in automatically discerning the organization of the item set. A set of criteria may be utilized to form criterion groups to which items matching respective criteria may be automatically assigned. Further grouping assignments may be achieved by identifying an ungrouped item that is associated with a grouped item. Such techniques may be applied in many variations to yield a representation of the item set, and a presentation of the item set to a user, that aggregates similar items and interrelationships, thereby promoting an understanding and analysis of the structure and organization of the item set while reducing the user involvement in the generation of same.

Automated criterion-based grouping and presenting

Exception-based component models can be generated from non-exception-based models. For example, a non-exception-based interface contract (such as a non-exception-based interface contract in a header file) for a consumable software component can be parsed. Additionally, a wrapper for the consumable software component can be generated from the non-exception-based interface contract. The wrapper can have an exception-based interface contract implementation, and the exception-based interface contract implementation can be a mirror equivalent of the non-exception-based interface contract. If the non-exception-based interface contract hints at one or more arguments as being out argument(s) for a function in the consumable software component, then predefined heuristics can be used to select one of those argument(s) to be used by the exception-based interface contract implementation as a return value for the function.

Generating exception-based component models from non-exception-based models

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