Patent ID: 7317907
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a server for synchronizing first data stored to a mobile device and second data stored to a remote storage device, the method comprising steps of: receiving a schema that comprises group-matching date representative of groups of instances of the first data; generating corresponding group-matching data for groups of instances of the second data using the schema; determining group-level differences between respective group-matching data for the first and second data; matching respective instances of the first and second data in response to the group-level differences; and updating at least one of the first and second data in response to the differences, wherein the group-matching data for the first data and group-matching data for the second data comprise respective hash data of corresponding groups of the first data and the second data as well as record counts comprising a number of records for each group of instances of the first and second data, respectively.