Patent ID: 7318067

Claim:
A method for synchronizing M application rules across N database instances, said method comprising: providing the N database instances, wherein N is at least 2, and wherein each database instance of the N database instances comprise a same structural design, providing the M application rules, wherein M is at least 2; and executing a rule synchronization agent, wherein said executing comprises updating N 1 database instances of the N database instances with the M application rules and not updating the remaining N−N 1 database instances that remains if N 1 is less than N, wherein N 1 is at least 1, wherein if N 1 is less than N then each of the remaining N−N 1 database instances comprise at least one characteristic of a first characteristic and a second characteristic, wherein the first characteristic is that the remaining database instances comprise the M application rules upon initiation of said executing, and wherein the second characteristic is that the rule synchronization agent is unable to access the remaining N−N 1 database instances during said executing.