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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Bruce Gaya, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a configurable offline data store are described. For example, a method includes receiving a request for a first set of one or more records from a client application, wherein the first set is stored in a client data store and the client application also has access to a server data store unit of a server. The method further includes determining whether a first set of records in the client data store unit is valid; and upon determining the first set is valid, deleting those records of the first set in the client data store unit that are outdated. The method further includes upon determining the first set is not valid, deleting the first set; determining whether the record is in the client data store unit; and upon determining the record is in the client data store, transmitting a version of the record to the client application.