Patent ID: 6615246
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for sharing data among a plurality of users comprising:a plurality of portable data storage modules each suitable for storing a plurality of personal data sets thereon; a server including a plurality of server data sets stored thereon; and a client including a communication link between the portable data storage modules and the server for synchronizing the server data sets with the personal data sets in order to obtain the personal data set of one portable data storage module on another portable data storage module, thereby synchronizing the personal data sets between different portable data storage modules, wherein the communication link includes a link controller suitable for interfacing the portable data storage modules, and a client messenger in communication with the link controller and suitable for interfacing the server and local memory of the client; said personal data sets of each of the portable data storage modules having personal identification codes assigned thereto and the server data sets of the server having server identification codes assigned thereto, wherein a correlation between the personal identification codes and the server identification codes is stored on at least one of the portable data storage modules, the server, and the client for identification purposes during synchronization of the personal data sets and the server data sets.