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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Aaron J. Hartwell, Duvall, WA (US);
Brian Trenbeath, Redmond, WA (US);
David Raissipour, Issaquah, WA (US);
Ronald Eric Gray, Redmond, WA (US);
Kendall D. Keil, Bothell, WA (US);
Stephen T. Wells, Seattle, WA (US);
Aaron J. Hartwell, Duvall, WA (US);
Brian Trenbeath, Redmond, WA (US);
David Raissipour, Issaquah, WA (US);
Ronald Eric Gray, Redmond, WA (US);
Kendall D. Keil, Bothell, WA (US);
Stephen T. Wells, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for synchronizing records stored at a first computer with records stored at a second computer. If properties of the first record have been modified, a determination is made as to whether all of the modified properties may be ignored. If all of the properties are not ignorable, a determination is made as to whether the values of all non-ignorable properties are identical between the first and second records. If the values are identical, the modifications to the properties of the first record are discarded. If the values are not identical, a determination is made as to whether the modified properties are decidable. If the properties are decidable, a value is selected from either the value stored in the first record or the second record, and utilized as the selected value of the modified property for the first and second records.