Patent ID: 6829622
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for selectively synchronizing a first data set with a compatible second data set, each data set having a plurality of records, the method comprising:creating a first user data structure identifying a plurality of data sets including the first and second data sets, the first user data structure also identifying combinations of the plurality of data sets; including a share field in each of the plurality of records; for each of the plurality of records, identifying in the share field one or more data sets for synchronizing by selecting from the first user data structure one or more of the plurality of data sets; and selectively synchronizing the first data set and the second data set by identifying new records in the first data set and adding the identified new records to the second data set only for new records having a share field that specifies the second data set, and identifying new records in the second data set and adding the identified new records to the first data set only for new records having a share field that specifies the first data set; wherein after selectively synchronizing the first data set and the second data set the first and second data sets do not necessarily have a one-to-one record correspondence.