Patent ID: 6446088
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A file management system comprising:a first computer comprising a memory adapted to store one or more stored files; a second computer adapted to transmit data to and receive data from said first computer, said second computer also adapted to receive one or more of said one or more of said stored files from said fist computer; means for modifying said one or more stored files by said first and second computer in response to an application consistency request; means for detecting whether said one or more of said stored files stored in said first computer has been modified;, means for detecting whether said one or more of said stored files stored in said second computer has been modified; and means for updating selected portions of any of the stored files at one of said first and second computer to correspond to a predetermined portion of the modified portions of the modified files at another of said first and second computer, said updating means including means for selectively updating only predetermined portions of the stored files corresponding to selected modified portions of the modified files.