Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Lawrence J Murhoeter
  • Enabling target servers to control determination of full user synchronization
    Patent number: 6209032
    Abstract: A method for enabling target servers in a network server environment to control determination of a full synchronization update on a target server from a central server. Administrative privileges are used to establish a link on the target server to force a request from the target server back to the central server for initialization of a full synchronization on the target server. The request will be such that the central server will determine full synchronization is necessary based on the status of the managed server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Paul Dutcher, William H. Sinclair, Jr., Stanley Alan Smith