Patents by Inventor William P. Champion

William P. Champion has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for incremental change synchronization between multiple copies of data
    Patent number: 6202085
    Abstract: A system and method for incremental change synchronization among multiple copies of data is disclosed. To achieve the synchronization a genera synchronization model is used. The synchronization model establishes a one-way data flow path to allow incremental changes to be transferred from a copy of data that incorporates the incremental changes to a copy of data that does not yet incorporate the incremental changes. To achieve this one-way data flow path, the synchronization model uses an agent, a data collector, and a data synchronizer. The data collector collects incremental changes transferred to it and applies the incremental changes to a copy of data. A data synchronizer transfers incremental changes to a data collector. An agent controls the synchronization process by making a connection between a data collector and a data synchronizer and then directing the data synchronizer to transfer data to the data collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Microsoft Corportion
    Inventors: Max L. Benson, Dinarte Morais, Scott Norin, William P. Champion, Thomas F. Fakes, Milind M. Joshi