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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2011
Ransom Lloyd Richardson, Beverly, MA (US);
Edward J. Fischer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dana Zircher, Woburn, MA (US);
Christopher Norman, Princeton, MA (US);
Hugh Francis Pyle, Salem, MA (US);
Michael Andrew Jeffers, Boston, MA (US);
Robert Sean Slapikoff, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Ransom Lloyd Richardson, Beverly, MA (US);
Edward J. Fischer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dana Zircher, Woburn, MA (US);
Christopher Norman, Princeton, MA (US);
Hugh Francis Pyle, Salem, MA (US);
Michael Andrew Jeffers, Boston, MA (US);
Robert Sean Slapikoff, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Tools and techniques are described for synchronization and collaboration within peer-to-peer and client/server environments. These tools may provide methods that include establishing peer-to-peer relationships between two or more client systems. These relationships enable the client systems to create respective local instances of workspaces, shared between the client systems to allow them to collaborate with one another. The client systems may participate in peer-to-peer synchronization flows with one another, with the synchronization flows representing updates made local to the shared workspaces of the client systems. The methods may also establish establishing a client/server relationship between one of the client systems and a server system. Through this client/server relationship, the client and server systems may participate in client/server synchronization flows, with these flows representing updates made to the local shared workspace at the client system.