Patent ID: 6401104
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for synchronizing multiple datasets in a synchronization system, the system comprising a first synchronizer, a second synchronizer, a first dataset, a second dataset and a third dataset, wherein a new entry has been made to a first record in the first dataset, the method comprising:synchronizing the first dataset with the second dataset using the first synchronizer, including propagating the new entry to a corresponding second record in the second dataset and storing information mapping the first record in the first dataset to the corresponding second record in the second dataset; synchronizing the first dataset with the third dataset using the second synchronizer, including propagating the new entry to a corresponding third record in the third dataset and storing information mapping the first record in the first dataset to the corresponding third record in the third dataset; communicating mapping information regarding the first record between the first synchronizer and the second synchronizer; and using the mapping information between the first and second records and between the first and third records to determine that the second and third records should be mapped together.