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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Nikhil Deshpande, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ben H. Lee, Iii, Corvallis, OR (US);
Greg F. Eastman, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Stephen H. Dohrmann, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Nikhil Deshpande, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ben H. Lee, III, Corvallis, OR (US);
Greg F. Eastman, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Stephen H. Dohrmann, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for synchronizing data on a network is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a method including establishing a wireless communications channel between a first mobile computer device belonging to a workgroup and a second device and determining if the second device belongs to the workgroup of the first device. If the second device belongs to the workgroup of the first device, then the method further includes receiving data at the first device from the second device through the wireless communications channel and resolving conflicts between the received data and data of the first device.