Patent ID: 8156075

Claim:
Method of automatically replicating data objects between a mobile device and a server, connected together via a wireless network, in which the timing of data replication across the network is determined by a network operator applying parameters that make efficient usage of network bandwidth; comprising: creating a change log that lists all objects at the device and/or server to be replicated; applying, via said network operator, as a first of said parameters, a single weight associated with each object that defines how urgently that object needs to be replicated; and applying, via said network operator, as a second of said parameters, a threshold that is a function of time, with the single weight of each object being locally compared to the threshold at a given time and the outcome of the comparison determining whether the object is sent for replication or not at that time; wherein all criteria that are relevant to how urgently an object needs to be replicated are represented by the single weight associated with that object.