Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Microsoft Corporation

Mike A Foster

Stephen D Flanagin

Brian Joseph Moore

James S L Chen

Steven Miles

Juan Vicente Esteve Balducci

Gary William Hall

Jason Evan Schleifer

Zhidong Yang

Preethi Ramani

Byrisetty Rajeev

Brian Moore

James SI Chen

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

The present invention allows a user to synchronize a device with at least two data sources that may cross-pollinate. The user's device is used to shuttle changes between the sources and resolves conflicts when changes are made to an item on multiple sources concurrently. The user's device keeps track of which version of the item each sync source has and synchronizes each of the sources to the latest version of an item.

Cross-pollination of multiple sync sources

System and method for resolving conflicts detected during a synchronization session

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Mike A Foster