Patent ID: 7487189
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A retail management system for extensibly replicating information, the retail management system comprising: a headquarters server application embodied upon a computer storage medium in a computer at a headquarters location, the headquarters server application having a worksheet service that uses a database access layer to read and write data; at least one remote application embodied upon a computer storage medium in a computer remote from the headquarters location; a communication link between the headquarters server application and at least one remote application; a data class, supported by the headquarters server application and the at least one remote application, that encapsulates data about a new entity; a manager class, supported by the headquarters server application and the at least one remote application, that manages persistence of the data class; wherein the data class and manager class are implemented to replicate the new entity; wherein metadata describing the data class is consumed during replication to instantiate a manager class object relative to the new entity; and wherein the new entity is replicated over the communication link.