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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
David Ely, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew Coulbeck, Austin, TX (US);
Trevor Thompson, Austin, TX (US);
James Synder, Austin, TX (US);
David Ely, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew Coulbeck, Austin, TX (US);
Trevor Thompson, Austin, TX (US);
James Synder, Austin, TX (US);
UNBOUNDID, CORP., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods of synchronizing changes in a directory service, comprising receiving a sync request comprising a token from a sync client and returning a response to the sync client comprising a token and changes. Embodiments include collecting and returning changes that are new to the sync client, collecting and returning changes from first and second directory servers, and returning a unified token. The changes may include changes to a dataset that is partitioned over first and second directory servers, and the partitioning may include entry-balancing. Also disclosed are embodiments of a directory service comprising first and second directory servers, each comprising a change set with changes, and a proxy server configured to collect and send changes in the change sets that are new to a sync client, and proxy server and a directory server for use in synchronizing changes in a directory service.