Citrix Systems, Inc.

Steven Dale McFerrin

Philip Wiebe

Gustavo Teixeira Pinto

A technique provides sync capability as an independent backend service, which developers can include, at their option, in their cloud-based applications. In accordance with the improved technique, a sync service runs in a backend system in connection with a set of data. The sync service syncs changes in the set of data among application instances that have access to the set of data. Sync services may be specified selectively for different sets of data, e.g., by specifying syncing for one set of data but not for another set of data.

Sync as a service for cloud-based applications

An improved technique pushes change notifications to application instances running on frontend clients. In accordance with the improved technique, a backend system sends compact change notifications merely to inform the application instances that contents of the data storage container have changed. The application instances may then respond by requesting the changed content of the data storage container. In response to the request, the backend system provides the requested contents.

Real-time push notifications for cloud-based applications

A data storage service is provided in the cloud agnostically to any user account or identity through the use of data storage containers, which are accessed using unique identifiers and independently of any user-based context. The data storage service runs in a backend system and creates a data storage container along with a unique ID that identifies the data storage container from among multiple such containers. Once a cloud-based application receives the unique ID, the cloud-based application may itself assign the data storage container to any user, or to no user, in accordance with the cloud-based application's own programming.

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Boynton Beach, FL, United States of America

Steven Dale McFerrin