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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2005
David P. Hill, Redmond, WA (US);
David P. Hill, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A multi-phase synchronization framework allows developers to develop smart client applications that can operate efficiently in offline and online modes. For example, a client application receives user input, and generates an object that includes the user input data, as well as some associated logic for one or more phases in the synchronization framework. The object can then be passed to the synchronization framework, which communicates a service request based on the object to a target application service only when the target application service is effectively online, generally as defined by the associated logic. Whether the target application service is effectively online can also be based on default settings. The synchronization framework handles state for the object, and communicates failure and/or success to the client application. As such, the functionality for treating failed or successful communication is handled generally by the synchronization framework, rather than necessarily the client application.