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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2001
David L. Rabbers, Newcastle, WA (US);
Martin Susser, University Place, WA (US);
Pi-yu Chung, Bellevue, WA (US);
David J. George, Bellevue, WA (US);
Aaron B. Hansen, Issaquah, WA (US);
David L. Rabbers, Newcastle, WA (US);
Martin Susser, University Place, WA (US);
Pi-Yu Chung, Bellevue, WA (US);
David J. George, Bellevue, WA (US);
Aaron B. Hansen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Siebel Systems, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for synchronizing a main database of a server and a local database of a handheld device. A user can use an application residing in the handheld device to make transactions in the local database. In a synchronization operation, a synchronization client is used to: establish a connection between a server and the synchronization client; receive an identifier for the main database's structure from the server; receive an identifier for the version of the handheld application from the server; send transaction information to the server; receive metadata to update the handheld application; and receive data extracted from the main database from the server. The synchronization client is also used to update filter information used by the server to reduce the size of the data downloaded to the handheld device.