Scheduled Synchronization Patents (Class 707/618)
  • Patent number: 11836051
    Abstract: A method for managing data backup includes: making a determination that an asset source is a first type of asset source, in which a source client device comprises the asset source; generating, based on the determination, a data transfer path for a plurality of snapshots associated with the asset source between the source client device and a data protection system; initiating a backup for user data associated with the asset source to a target client device; obtaining the plurality of snapshots to the data protection system using the data transfer path, in which the user data is backed up in the target client device while at least a portion of the plurality of snapshots is obtained by the data protection system; and deleting the plurality of snapshots from the source client device, upon receipt of confirmation that the plurality of snapshots is successfully stored in the data protection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Upanshu Singhal, Shelesh Chopra
  • Patent number: 11604772
    Abstract: A database system could include a first database engine, a second database engine, and a replication engine. The database system could also include processors configured to perform operations. The operations could involve obtaining indicators that are respectively associated with performance issues that can occur in the database system, each indicator defining one or more conditions that, when satisfied, cause the indicator to become active. The operations could also involve obtaining mappings between: (i) at least some of the indicators, and (ii) remediation subroutines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Siddharth Rajendra Shah, Jeremy Norris
  • Patent number: 11526401
    Abstract: Targetless snapshot schedules are defined by policy objects that include a snap creation interval, maximum snap count, and schedule ID. Multiple schedule IDs can be associated with a single storage object to implement different concurrent targetless snapshot schedules with a single storage object. Multiple storage objects may use the same targetless snapshot schedule independently. Because the targetless snapshot schedules are implemented independently, discard of old snapshots to maintain a snap count for a first storage object does not cause discard of snapshots for a second storage object. Further, discard of old snapshots to maintain a snap count for a first schedule does not cause discard of snapshots for a second schedule applied to the same storage object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Nicholas Von Hein, Michael Ferrari, Daryl Kinney, Shakil Anwar, Tao Tao
  • Patent number: 11265367
    Abstract: An application platform system and method. A data synchronization instance manages a reference state object for a data synchronization system (DSS) account. A first local state object is stored at a first application system. The first application system receives update notifications provided by the DSS. A second local state object is stored at a second application system. The second application system receives update notifications provided by the DSS. An application instruction of the first application system is transformed into a state update, and the first local state object is modified to include the state update. The state update is provided to the DSS via a local update notification. The reference state object is modified to include the state update. The state update is provided to the second application system via a reference update notification. The second local state object is modified to include the state update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Olivier, Sergei Zolotarjov, Mihails Velenko, Devid Liik, Artyom Tyazhelov
  • Patent number: 11016953
    Abstract: An information processing device includes acquisition means for acquiring a plurality of tree structure data in which information groups are represented by tree structures and merge means for generating merged tree structure data merging the plurality of tree structure data. The merge means merges, for information satisfying a condition indicating that a certain distance from other information in the tree structure data is maintained, a subtree at a level below the information in the tree structure data, into the merged tree structure data, wherein the information satisfying the condition is included in a node selected from the plurality of tree structure data; and reorganizing for information satisfying a condition indicating that the distance between pieces of information is short, a merged subtree by merging subtrees below the information in the tree structure data into the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichiro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10885054
    Abstract: The disclosure facilitates management of a plurality of related data stores by tracking metadata changes across the data stores, detecting the impact of the tracked metadata changes, and generating alerts based on the detected impact. Metadata change data from a plurality of data stores are received by a change impact engine and recorded to a centralized metadata change data structure. At least one change impact rule is applied to the recorded metadata change data and, upon detection of an impact based on the applied change impact rule, an alert based on the applied impact rule is generated. Consolidating the metadata change data from multiple data stores and detecting metadata changes that will significantly impact the operation of the associated system provide advance opportunities to manage and/or mitigate the impact of the metadata changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Samuel Gerald Bish, David C. Youngberg, Chrystal J. Sander, Richard William Wallen, Katie Marie Reece
  • Patent number: 10796667
    Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating using of a shared local memory for register spilling/filling relating to graphics processors at computing devices. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes reserving one or more spaces of a shared local memory (SLM) to perform one or more of spilling and filling relating to registers associated with a graphics processor of a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joydeep Ray, Altug Koker, Balaji Vembu, Murali Ramadoss, Guei-Yuan Lueh, James A. Valerio, Prasoonkumar Surti, Abhishek R. Appu, Vasanth Ranganathan, Kalyan K. Bhiravabhatla, Arthur D. Hunter, Jr., Wei-Yu Chen, Subramaniam M. Maiyuran
  • Patent number: 10474570
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a memory control process of a device receives a plurality of program/erase (P/E) requests for a flash memory of the device. The memory control process then stores data associated with the plurality of P/E requests in a random access memory (RAM) of the device, and aggregates the plurality of P/E requests into a single P/E operation. The memory control process may then send the single P/E operation to the flash memory at a given interval to update the flash memory with the data stored in the RAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Dumov, Rohit Jindal
  • Patent number: 10459806
    Abstract: A cloud storage replica of a production device is created and asynchronously updated. A snap, clone or portion of the replica is copied to a cloud gateway in a failover situation. Access to replica images may be obtained via other cloud gateways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Xiali He, John W. Bates, Slavik Neymer, Arieh Don
  • Patent number: 10417250
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for performing real-time data model transformations. In operation, a data transformation system receives data from one or more source streams of data. The data transformation system identifies one or more target storage areas to store the data. The data transformation system identifies dependencies associated with the data based on relationship metadata associated with the data. Further, the data transformation system automatically transforms the data into a format associated with the one or more target storage areas such that the dependencies associated with the data are maintained. Moreover, the data transformation system stores the transformed data in the one or more target storage areas in the format associated with the one or more target storage areas such that the dependencies associated with the data are maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AMDOCS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Eitan Gal, Nir Pedhazur, Oren Kafka
  • Patent number: 10387368
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to ideal age vector based file retention in a software testing system. An aspect includes determining an ideal age vector of historical bug age data corresponding to a software product in the software testing system, wherein the software testing system stores a plurality of version files of the software product. Another aspect includes based on receiving a new version file of the software product, determining a file to delete of the plurality of version files and the new version file based on the ideal age vector. Yet another aspect includes deleting the determined file to delete such that a number of remaining version files is equal to a number of the plurality of version files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Gertner, Timothy D. Greer
  • Patent number: 10262034
    Abstract: Data obsolescence is managed using a bitmap or bit array index which is associated with a table during an obsolescence control period. A table is selected to undergo obsolescence control for a period of time. Any records that have not been accessed for a certain number of cycles ‘M’, which represents an obsolescence limit, are deemed to be obsolete. During at least a part of each cycle, the results of database queries to the table are monitored, such that for each cycle an ‘obsolescence’ bitmap is created indicating which records were accessed. Once a sufficient number of cycles have elapsed, so that records that have not been accessed at all since the start of the obsolescence control period lie outside the obsolescence limit, queries are restricted to records which have been accessed during the last ‘M’ cycles by applying the ‘M’ most recently stored obsolescence bitmaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Luis Campo Giralte, Jose Luis Mujeriego Gomez
  • Patent number: 9043283
    Abstract: Database updates to primary and secondary database structures are performed by writing information from a client to both primary and secondary database services and building the database structure at the primary database service while delaying application of data written to the secondary database service until notification at the secondary database service from the primary database service. The primary database service provides notification upon completing the database structure so that the secondary database service can proceed with building the database structure from the information provided by the client or with information provided by the primary database service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Gerald F. McBrearty
  • Patent number: 9003500
    Abstract: A user uploads content such as files containing audio, video, graphical, data, points of interest, and other information from a user device such as a personal computer to a central server over the internet. Upon determining that a trigger event has occurred, communication and processing circuitry in a vehicle device automatically download the previously uploaded content over the interne and a short-range wireless network and store the content for use by a device such as an audio/visual/navigation unit. Examples of a trigger event include proximity to a short-range wireless communication network coupled to the internet, presence within a geofence, turning off a vehicle's engine, or detecting an SMS wake-up message while the vehicle device's main processor, transceivers not used for SMS, and auxiliary circuitry are in sleep mode. The short-range wireless network can be a vehicle owner's home network, or a commercial wi-fi hot spot, or subscription wireless service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: HTI IP, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Oglesbee, Dane Dickie, Charles M. Link, II
  • Patent number: 9002788
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for transferring files between hosts including reading a first configuration file to obtain file retrieval criteria, logging into a retrieval host to retrieve a file based on the file retrieval criteria, saving retrieved file to a local host, reading a second configuration file to obtain file push criteria, including instructions for where to push the retrieved file, pushing the retrieved file to a push host based on the file push criteria, pushing an enabled hosts file from the local host to the push host, the enabled host file containing configuration criteria and sending a notification to the retrieval host if a file meeting the configuration criteria has not been retrieved from the retrieval host to the local host, or sending a notification from the local host to the push host if a file meeting the configuration criteria has not been pushed to the push host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Verisign, Inc
    Inventors: Karl M. Henderson, John Kenneth Gallant
  • Publication number: 20150095281
    Abstract: An approach is provided for causing, at least in part, an initiation of at least one content update request based, at least in part, on a first update frequency. The update frequency platform may determine at least one result of the at least one content update request. Then, the update frequency platform may cause, at least in part, an adjustment of the first update frequency to a second update frequency based, at least in part, on the at least one result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Lassi Taneli NIEMINEN, Ari Olavi TOURUNEN
  • Patent number: 8996459
    Abstract: Generally described, the present invention is directed to a network operating system that provides more effective ways of leveraging the connectivity of computer networks. In one embodiment, an XML virtual machine is implemented that accepts high-level application code written in an XML programming language as input. Functionality is provided to interpret or translate the application code written in an XML programming language into code that is suitable for execution across computer platforms. Moreover, the XML virtual machine supports the Model View Controller (MVC) design paradigm that facilitates true data abstraction from applications to a common data model. Multi-instance applications, with each instance potentially supporting multiple views, may be created and executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Xcerion Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Daniel Arthursson, Marcus Bristav
  • Patent number: 8972334
    Abstract: A method includes monitoring, on a computing device, data events corresponding to manipulation of data by an application. The monitoring is performed by a data library service that is embedded in the application. The method includes, in response to the monitoring indicating first data on the computing device is modified by the application, synchronizing, by the computing device under control at least in part of the data library service, second data stored on one or more storage providers in a network with the first data modified by the application and stored on the computing device. Apparatus and computer program products are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul C. Castro, Marco Pistoia, John Ponzo
  • Patent number: 8949181
    Abstract: A threshold tracking system enabling users to arrange input data according to a set time of input creation is disclosed. The tracking system defines threshold variables that maintain counts of inputs over a set threshold time and the input values associated with each count. The threshold variables also maintain timelines, which are divided into time periods. Information may be stored in a working memory, which utilizes a scheduler to update state variable values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Solarwinds Worldwide, LLC
    Inventors: Solve Stokkan, Stephen Haler
  • Patent number: 8938424
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method performs an iterative process to assess the installation of an upgrade version of a database product for consistency with a baseline version of the database product. To assess the installation, the baseline version and the upgrade version are reconciled by modifying one or both of the baseline and upgrade versions. The modified baseline and upgrade versions are then analyzed to determine whether any remaining inconsistencies exist. Any remaining inconsistencies are then identified and classified, and reconciled. Thereafter, the process is repeated iteratively until the upgrade version is reconciled with the baseline version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Rose, Richard L. Schertz
  • Patent number: 8892505
    Abstract: Provided is a method and system for scheduling a task in a data warehouse. A task in a data warehouse is scheduled based on selection of a report related to the data warehouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Madan Gopal Devadoss, Ranveer Kumar Singh, Panish Ramakrishna
  • Patent number: 8886601
    Abstract: A method of incrementally replicating investigative analysis data is disclosed along with a system for performing the same. The method and system provide the ability to break a data replication job into multiple “replication chunks” which can be exported and imported separately. By doing so, the method and system can efficiently replicate large numbers of data object changes over an unreliable data network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Landau, Tim Wilson, Richard Allen Ducott, III
  • Patent number: 8868497
    Abstract: A query handler may be configured to receive a query which is applicable against different combinations of a plurality of remote databases and a corresponding plurality of replica databases including at least some replicated data of respective ones of the remote databases, wherein the query arrives at a plurality of query arrival times and is executed at a plurality of query execution times. A replication manager may be configured to execute a synchronization plan for at least one selected replica database in which a selected synchronization timestamp of the at least one selected replica database is updated to a target synchronization timestamp, wherein the synchronization occurs during a synchronization processing time. A synchronization scheduler may be configured to schedule the synchronization plan to increase an information value of a query response, including selecting the target synchronization timestamp including relating the synchronization processing time to a selected query execution time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ying Yan, Wen-Syan Li, Jian Xu
  • Patent number: 8862543
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for synchronizing a primary repository and a secondary repository in a business infrastructure are disclosed. Content of artifacts present in the primary repository and the secondary repository are indexed. Based upon a search criteria received on the secondary repository, an integrated search service provided on the secondary repository is invoked to perform a combinatorial query on the indexed content and retrieve an identifier of each artifact corresponding to the search criteria. Based upon relevancy parameters, the retrieved identifiers are ranked and rendered as a categorized table including a first column and a second column for identifiers present in the primary repository and the second repository respectively. Based upon a user action received on the ranked identifiers in the first column of the categorized table, the associated artifacts are determined and downloaded from the primary repository to the secondary repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Limited
    Inventors: Suresh Pasumarthi, Arindam Bhattacharjee, Shiva Prasad Nayak, Ganesh Vaitheeswaran
  • Patent number: 8856071
    Abstract: Data tables in data warehouses are updated to minimize staleness and stretch of the data tables. New data is received from external sources and, in response, update requests are generated. Accumulated update requests may be batched. Data tables may be weighted to affect the order in which update requests are serviced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lukasz Golab, Mohammad Hossein Bateni, Mohammad Hajiaghayi, Howard Karloff
  • Publication number: 20140279883
    Abstract: When a new worker requests access to a dataset, the largest chunk of the dataset is identified and split into two new chunks by the worker having the chunk assigned to it. The chunk is split in such a manner that both workers have enough un-processed data records, and collisions among the workers processing the data records are avoided. Finding the split point may be an iterative process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sitecore A/S
    Inventor: Dmytro KOSTENKO
  • Publication number: 20140250062
    Abstract: Certain embodiments facilitate developing an application using a client-side object model to data source mapping. This may involve defining data use on the client side of the application in various ways that simplify the development necessary to implement data access features. In certain embodiments, data access and synchronization between a client and a data source is accomplished by configuring the client to map to a set of remote procedure call operations for a given data source. For example, the user may implement or confirm update, create, delete, and retrieve function calls for a given data source such that the application can implement data access and updating using those functions. Embodiments use persistent object identifiers, change logs, and/or data bindings in a client to provide various features and benefits. Certain embodiments also facilitate conflict resolution, demand paging, and lazy loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeff Vroom, Thomas Lane, Christophe Coenraets
  • Patent number: 8818941
    Abstract: Arrangements are provided which improve the efficiency of the synchronization process. The same ensure that synchronizations of large quantities of content can be completed with a minimum of delay. One method prioritizes the various tasks that are to be performed prior to synchronization. Another method initiates dependent tasks while parsing a synchronization tasks list. Yet another method allows modification of an in-process synchronization operation to allow new synchronization tasks to be accomplished within the context of the same process, negating the need to restart synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis Kiilerich, Andrew L. Silverman
  • Patent number: 8818940
    Abstract: A system and method for executing record actions in a multi-tenant database and application service is provided. The system and method is configured to provide a message queue and an event queue, the message queue configured to store a plurality of messages corresponding to record actions and the event queue configured to store a corresponding list of events. The system and method are configured to process record actions on the plurality of records by selecting a plurality of messages in the message queue for processing, the selected plurality of messages corresponding to a plurality of record actions on records in the multi-tenant database, identifying a plurality of events in the event queue corresponding to the selected plurality of messages, and processing the identified plurality of events as a batch to execute the plurality of record actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Sanjaya Lai, Kedar Doshi, Yamuna Esaiarasan, Chaitanya Bhatt
  • Patent number: 8799218
    Abstract: A method and a system of business channel synchronization are provided. In one example embodiment, a network-based commerce system may receive, via a network and from a client application, update data related to a user listing, update a record related to the user listing, utilizing the received update data; and communicate, via the network, the received update data reflecting a further update to the record related to the user listing to the client application. In one example embodiment, a client system may comprise a communication module, a listing manager, a synchronization engine, an upload module, and a user interface module. In one example embodiment, a user may synchronize the user's listing data from a client application to one or more network-based commerce systems. In an alternative example embodiment the user may synchronize the user's listing data from one or more network-based commerce systems to a client application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Yihren Liu, Philip J. King, Michael Maffeo, Hemant V. Tamhanker, Ajay K. Agrawal
  • Patent number: 8781528
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for automatic backup of a user's data stored on a mobile device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes storing a user information from a memory of a mobile communication device into a database; determining a status of the mobile communication device; and when the status indicates that the mobile communication device requires replacement, notifying a user of an availability of the user information from the storage facility for creation of a replacement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud
  • Patent number: 8725680
    Abstract: Various embodiments related to the ability to find content for consumption across all endpoint computing devices in a computing system are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method for presenting content including aggregating endpoint metadata for each endpoint computing device in a computing system and content metadata of content stored on each of a plurality of endpoint computing devices, receiving a request for a content item on a selected endpoint computing device, querying aggregated endpoint metadata and content metadata to find instances of the content item and corresponding endpoint computing device locations, generating a ranked list of instances of the content item based on selection criteria, and selecting an instance of the content item from the ranked list for playback by the selected endpoint computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Abraham, Bruno K. da Costa, Zach Johnson, Shane McRoberts, Andrew L. Silverman, Joseph McClanahan, Robert N. Pulliam, Rodrigo Bomfim, Sean Kollenkark
  • Patent number: 8677376
    Abstract: A synchronization system is described herein that synchronizes two environments by correctly matching identity objects in a source environment with related objects in a target environment. In addition to matching identities based on primitive attributes, the system matches identities across multiple heterogeneous environments based on their relative positions in an identity graph. The system builds the identity graph by first matching some identity objects based on primitive attribute value comparisons. The system fills in the remainder of the identity graph by comparing references to/from the matched identity objects. The combination of attribute value comparisons and comparing references enables identity-aware applications to complete a single identity graph, determine the equivalency of identities in this graph, and apply policy based on this new relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Billy Kwan, Joseph M. Schulman
  • Patent number: 8655835
    Abstract: An information generating device in an information communication system in which contents and catalog information including its attribute information are distributed in node devices, includes: a first storage unit storing first catalog information, the catalog information including link information associating the plurality of attribute information with each other; a acquisition unit acquiring, in response to updating the content of the attribute information, the updated attribute information; a generation unit generating the link information for updating the first catalog information on the basis of the attribute information acquired by the first acquisition unit, and the first catalog information stored in the first storage unit, and generate second catalog information including the generated link information and the updated attribute information; a second storing unit storing the second catalog information; and an updating unit updating the first catalog information on the basis of the second catalog infor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8654951
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for synchronizing transcripts and recordings of a bridge conference is described. An audio file recording of a bridge conference is accessed as well as a transcript of events associated with the bridge conference. The transcript of events associated with the bridge conference is synchronized with the audio file recording of a bridge conference such that a user can utilize the transcript to navigate to a desired place in the audio file recording of a bridge conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Avay Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Olmsted, John R. Klein
  • Patent number: 8639659
    Abstract: A program product and a method with which a server computer enables an object in content data to be edited collaboratively. The server computer is connectable through a network to a first client computer associated with a first user and a second client computer associated with a second user. In addition, the present invention provides a method that enables an object in content data to be edited collaboratively by a first client computer associated with a first user and a second client computer associated with a second user. The present invention provides a system and a program product as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ishihara, Shin Saito
  • Patent number: 8626708
    Abstract: A method and arrangements for managing user data stored in a database of a communications system where the database is managed by a main controller is disclosed. In the method a user is first authenticated, where after an application entity can manage user data in the database that associates with the user and an application by communicating data between the application entity and a second entity connected to the communications system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Pekka Laitinen, Silke Holtmanns
  • Patent number: 8620366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of data uplink synchronization between a mobile terminal and a server. The server modifies the stored address book data one item by one item. The present invention also relates to a method of data downlink synchronization between a mobile terminal and a server. Before the server sends address book data to the mobile terminal requesting the downlink synchronization, it performs item-by-item adaptation of the address book data according to the item's attribute and parameter supported by the mobile terminal. The present invention relates to another method of data downlink synchronization between a mobile terminal and a server. The mobile terminal, according to the received address book data, modifies the stored address book one item by one item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: China Mobile Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Chunmei Zhu, Wei Wu, Chuan Yu
  • Patent number: 8621109
    Abstract: Synchronization of two or more items can be optimized through the use of parallel execution of synchronization tasks and adaptable processing that monitors and adjusts for system loading. Two or more synchronization tasks required to be performed for an item can, if not inherently serial in nature, be performed in parallel, optimizing synchronization of the item. Even if multiple synchronization tasks required for one item must be serially executed, e.g., download the item prior to translating the item, these synchronization tasks can be executed in parallel for different items, optimizing a download request involving two or more items. Moreover, multiple threads for one or more synchronization tasks can be concurrently executed when supportable by the current operating system resources. Rules can be established to ensure synchronization activity is not degraded by the overextension of system resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Cristian M. Matesan
  • Patent number: 8615768
    Abstract: A synchronization system is described herein that synchronizes resource objects in an order based on their dependency relationships so that a referenced object is available by the time an object that references it is synchronized. Reference attributes present in resources define the dependency relationship among resources. Using these relationships, the system builds a dependency tree and orders synchronization operations for environment reconciliation by precedence so that referential integrity is preserved while still synchronizing reference attributes. The system can deterministically create a change list that guarantees referential integrity, and perform change list processing in parallel. The synchronization system attempts to order the synchronization based on references available to ensure that the system creates and updates dependent resources before their parent resources. Thus, the synchronization system provides a fast, reliable update mechanism for synchronizing two related data environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Billy Kwan, Joseph M. Schulman
  • Patent number: 8612535
    Abstract: Calendar repair using a standard message may be provided. Calendar events, such as appointments and meetings, may be created and copied to a plurality of attendee calendars. A first copy of the event may be compared to a second copy of the event to determine whether properties between the events are out-of-sync. If so, a standard meeting request message comprising the correct value may be sent to update the out-of-sync property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roberto Ribeiro da Fonseca Mendes, Vanessa C. Feliberti, Firdosh R Ghyara, Sina Hakami, Matthias Leibmann, Paul David Tischhauser
  • Publication number: 20130297563
    Abstract: A method for managing timestamps uses the difference between last data synchronization time and new data synchronization time of the data stored in the respective terminals. The method for managing timestamps for data synchronization of a terminal includes configuring a first time and a last synchronization time based on a last data synchronization time and time of a reference terminal at a last data synchronization; configuring, when data synchronization occurs, a second time based on a data synchronization occurrence time; and configuring the timestamp of the data based on the last synchronization time and a difference between the first and second times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yongsu KIM
  • Publication number: 20130290252
    Abstract: Data is synchronized between a mobile device and a computing device over a wireless link. Synchronization operations are scheduled according to a synchronization schedule that is based on a current time of day. In one embodiment, the day can be divided into different time periods by the user. The user can also specify the frequency with which synchronization operations are to be performed during each specified period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Sandra I. Vargas, David R. Williamson, Gary W. Hall, Michael A. Foster, Juan V. Esteve Balducci
  • Patent number: 8521692
    Abstract: Provided is a storage system which provides a data storage area to an external apparatus. The storage system includes at least a first information apparatus including a first logical storage area constituting the data storage area, and a first data processing part for performing a processing for reducing a storage capacity of the first logical storage area used by backup target data, and a second information apparatus including a second logical storage area constituting the data storage area, and a second data processing part for performing a processing for reducing a storage capacity of the second logical storage area used by backup target data. The second information apparatus is communicatively coupled with the first information apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mikito Ogata
  • Patent number: 8516149
    Abstract: An information retrieval system having: a client adapted for accessing a plurality of file sets stored on one of a plurality of file servers; a plurality of file servers configured to operate with a federated file system namespace; and a memory for storing re-direction information accessible by the client for identifying a request issued by the client for a file set at a first location in the namespace where the file set is located at a second, different location on one of the file servers and wherein the client in examining the re-direction information in the memory, re-directs the request to the second location in accordance with the re-direction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Howard Edmett Stacey
  • Patent number: 8504520
    Abstract: Background synchronization of data objects may be provided. A background thread associated with an application may be created. A first data item associated with the application may be opened by the background thread and a copy of the first data item may be created. A modification may be performed on a property of the first data item. If no second data item is associated with a pending modification, the first data item may be replaced with the modified copy of the first data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dmitri Davydok, Indrojit Deb, Tong Gao
  • Patent number: 8495011
    Abstract: A system and method for managing clinical research trials is disclosed. The system and method may include a centralized secure database with information on clinical research trial participants, clinical research trial events, investigator and administrator inputs, and communication of participants, investigators and administrators. In one embodiment, the system and method allows investigators to contact participants without disclosing confidential contact information of the participants to the investigators by storing health information and contact information in separate databases. In one embodiment, administrators may access clinical research trial information through a secure web portal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: The Patient Recruiting Agency, LLC
    Inventors: Todd B. Sanders, Lance D. Nickens, Carl T. Wibbenmeyer
  • Patent number: 8473458
    Abstract: A document migration system that controls release, from a source enterprise content management system, of batches of documents and metadata and loading, to a target enterprise content management system, of batches of documents and metadata that have been released from the source enterprise content management system. The document migration system maps source metadata attributes from the released metadata to target metadata attributes and stores migration records that describe migration operations from release from the source enterprise content management system through loading to the target enterprise content management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Sachin Yambal, Muhammad Saad Nihal, Jitendra J. Jain, Vijay H. Gurdasani
  • Publication number: 20130138611
    Abstract: A content management system (CMS) includes a value-add application with a first set of XML content services, one or more dedicated XML processing servers with a second and other sets of XML content services, and a core CMS with a third set of XML content services. The content management system may be designed to provide XML content services at any of these three tiers of processing. A first threshold is defined that allows the value-add application to determine when to offload XML content services to a dedicated XML processing server. A second threshold is defined that allows the core CMS to determine when to offload XML content services to a dedicated XML processing server. Callback services are included that allow each tier of XML content services to send or receive additional information to complete the XML processing. The result is a content management system that is very powerful and flexible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: International Business Machines Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130132341
    Abstract: A synchronized linking system between engineering analysis programs includes: a global variable extracting unit for extracting global variables defined in source codes of programs; a memory management unit for creating a database to search for global variables according to variable name and storing the database in the shared memory; a translation unit for changing an original source code to allocate storage space of the shared memory, and then creating an execution file for each program, after removing a global variable declaration area of the source codes; and a code executing unit for executing the execution files created by the translation unit and progressing over time at synchronized time intervals, and storing and restoring the storage space of the shared memory that determines status of each program on a physical memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin-hyuk Hong