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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Alvin I. Pivowar, Camas, WA (US);
Jayita Poddar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tom Butler, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alvin I. Pivowar, Camas, WA (US);
Jayita Poddar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tom Butler, Santa Clara, CA (US);
PalmSource, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A single ended synchronization agent which communicates with a single endpoint. Responsive to instructions from a synchronization manager, a single ended synchronization agent transfers information between its endpoint and a common synchronization engine. Endpoints may include databases, hand held computers, communication links and the like. These novel single ended agent programs in cooperation with a common synchronization engine are able to synchronize databases. The agent programs need not implement synchronization logic and agent programs are required to understand only a single database. These aspects of the single ended agent programs greatly simplify the design, construction and maintenance of this software when compared with the prior art.