Patent ID: 6061686
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of updating a local copy of an origin document, the local copy being stored in memory of a local computer system that is connectable to a network, the origin document being stored in memory of an origin network device that isconnectable to the local computer system via the network, the local computer system also being connectable, via the network, to an update network device having a memory, the method comprising the steps of:A. downloading, by the update network device, an update copy of the origin document into the memory of the update network device;B. comparing, by the update network device, the origin document to the update copy;C. modifying, by the update network device, the update copy when a change in the origin document is detected in step B;D. comparing the update copy to the local copy by the update network device; andE. modifying, responsive to the step D of comparing, the local copy when the local computer system is reconnected to the network.