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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2004
Douglas B. Terry, San Carlos, CA (US);
Irena Hudis, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lev Novik, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vivek Jawahir Jhaveri, Seattle, WA (US);
Douglas B. Terry, San Carlos, CA (US);
Irena Hudis, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lev Novik, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vivek Jawahir Jhaveri, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and method for detecting conflicts and applying conflict resolutions during manual and automatic conflict resolution operations. Several embodiments are directed to preventing both: (a) non-convergence of conflict resolutions, where partners can end up in a divergent steady state (i.e. have different data in the absence of outstanding conflicts); and (b) a non-terminating ping-pong of conflict resolutions between partners (which can occur with certain inefficient solutions that continuously update metadata for each conflict resolution without end). Certain specific embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method for maintaining knowledge that guarantees convergence of data, even when different partners apply different conflict resolutions.