International Business Machines Corporation

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Union Gold Holdings, Ltd.

Debora Rinkevich

John Michael Garrison

Shepherd S B Shi

William M Droste

An apparatus and method for authenticating users on a data processing system is implemented. The present invention provides for aggregating authenticated identities and related authorization information. A security context created in response to a first user logon is saved in response to a second logon. A composite or aggregate security context is created based on the identity passed in the second logon. Access may then be granted (or denied) based on the current, aggregated security context. Upon logout of the user based on the second identity, the aggregate security context is destroyed, and the security context reverts to the context previously saved.

Aggregated authenticated identity apparatus for and method therefor

A system for synchronizing data of wireless devices includes an application server (), a communication tower (), and a plurality of mobile terminals (). Each mobile terminal includes a data type distinguishing module (), a data filter generating module (), and a data transferring module (). The server includes a domain managing module () for executing a data filter received from any mobile terminal, and for generating a sync response. A related method includes the steps of: (a) identifying a type of data to be synchronal; (b) generating a sync request in accordance with the type of data to be synchronal, and sending the sync request to the server; (c) generating a sync response based on data stored in the server, and sending the sync response to the mobile terminal; and (d) updating data stored in the mobile terminal in accordance with the sync response.

System and method for synchronizing data of wireless devices

A method is provided to synchronize a local data storage on a wireless computing device with a remote data storage located on a server based upon user defined business logic stored on the server and corresponding to a particular data object. The method employs a synchronization message that includes a data object to be updated, a corresponding action that has been performed on the data object and an old data object corresponding to the data object prior to when the action was performed. The user can define, by means of the business logic, validation, processing and conflict resolution functionality specific to a particular type of data object. The method includes provisions for both on-line and off-line synchronization.

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Debora Rinkevich