Patent ID: 6324544
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of synchronizing objects indicative of file data between a first object store associated with a first computing device and a second object store associated with a second computing device, the objects having associated file names, the method comprising:maintain a mapping table which maps objects to be synchronized on the first object store with corresponding objects on the second object store;determining whether an object to be synchronized has been added to the second object store since a last synchronization process;if so, adding a corresponding object to the first object store during a subsequent synchronization process;determining whether the object added to the first object store during the subsequent synchronization process already exists on the first object store under a different file name;if so, deleting the already existing object from the first object store; andupdating the mapping table to map the object added to the first object store to the object which was renamed on the second object store.