Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

James S L Chen

Stephen D Flanagin

Brian Joseph Moore

Mike A Foster

Steven Miles

George T Hu

A system and method is described for resolving a conflict detected while synchronizing a first data object in a first store associated with a mobile device and a second data object in a second store associated with a server. Once the conflict is detected, properties of the first data object are compared with corresponding properties of the second data object. If the properties and the corresponding properties that differ are designated as mergeable properties, the properties and the corresponding properties are merged. Merging the properties involves sending a preferred state associated with each of the properties and the corresponding properties to the mobile device and the server for updating the first data object and second data object, respectively, when an initial state for the properties and the corresponding properties is different than the preferred state. The preferred state is based on a likelihood that vital information would be lost if the preferred state did not replace the initial state of the property or the corresponding property. The merging is performed without user-intervention on the mobile device. In addition, the entire first data object or second data object is not sent to the mobile device to achieve the merge, thereby minimizing the data transfer to the mobile device.

System and method for resolving conflicts detected during a synchronization

A system and method is described for recovering from a failed synchronization session between a first data store and a second data store. Once a failed synchronization session is detected, a synchronization recovery process is performed. The synchronization recovery process includes creating an update manifest based on a sync request and on a synchronization state table. The synchronization state table is updated for each sync request initiating a synchronization session, whether the synchronization session succeeded or failed. The update manifest may include one or more objects and an update action associated with each of the objects. The update action may be identical to a current action specified in the sync request for the object, identical to a last action stored in the synchronization state table for the object, or different from both the current action and the last action. In general, the update action minimizes the likelihood of duplicate objects.

System and method for recovering from a failed synchronization session

System and method for resolving conflicts detected during a synchronization session

A base computer installs an application program to a portable computer by determining a size associated with the application being installed. The portable computer contains a built-in memory used for both program execution and data storage. Additionally, one or more memory expansion cards may be coupled to the portable computer. The base computer determines the storage space available in the built-in memory in the portable computer. If the storage space available in the built-in memory of the portable computer can accommodate the application, then the base computer installs the application to the built-in memory. If the storage space available in the built-in memory of the portable computer cannot accommodate the application, then the base computer determines whether a memory expansion card is coupled to the portable computer. If a memory expansion card is coupled to the portable computer, then the base computer installs the application to the memory expansion card. If multiple memory expansion cards are coupled to the portable computer, the base computer generates a list of all storage devices and requests that the user select the storage device for installing the application.

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