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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2007
Sudarshan A. Chitre, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven M. Lasker, Sammamish, WA (US);
Rafik Robeal, Redmond, WA (US);
Yi Chen, Redmond, WA (US);
Vijay Krishna Tandra Sistla, Sammamish, WA (US);
Philip Austin Vaughn, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sudarshan A. Chitre, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven M. Lasker, Sammamish, WA (US);
Rafik Robeal, Redmond, WA (US);
Yi Chen, Redmond, WA (US);
Vijay Krishna Tandra Sistla, Sammamish, WA (US);
Philip Austin Vaughn, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A synchronization framework is provided for synchronizing data groups between a server and clients that may go off-line. The framework includes a client sync provider component that interfaces to client storage in a storage format independent way, a sync agent component that collects synchronization metadata maintained by the clients and uploads and/or downloads changes to the data groups to and/or from server storage and a server sync provider component that interfaces via sync adapters to server storage independently of storage format. The framework provides default building blocks for building off-line synchronizing applications that behave according to default application synchronization scenarios, and also enables custom building blocks for custom off-line application synchronization scenarios.