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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1999
Roger F. Grambihler, Woodinville, WA (US);
Chao-Chia Liu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Murthy Srinivas, Redmond, WA (US);
Susan E. Strom, Redmond, WA (US);
Gopal Parupudi, Issaquah, WA (US);
Daniel Plastina, Issaquah, WA (US);
Robert E. Corrington, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A centralized manager for managing the data synchronization operations for multiple applications according to user preferences. Applications register respective COM handlers with the synchronization manager via COM methods. On a synchronize event the synchronization manager queues the registered application handlers, and calls the handlers to perform the synchronization of items therein. Progress and results are communicated to a user-viewable dialog via callbacks from the handlers to the synchronization manager. The synchronization manager provides consistent user interfaces for obtaining user preferences related to synchronization and for presenting information to the user, thus resulting in a consistent user experience.