Patent ID: 7363330

Claim:
A method for synchronizing a file type between a first personal computer at home and a second personal computer at office, comprising the steps of: receiving a selection from a user on said first computer of at least one file type to monitor; monitoring said first computer for modifications to files of said selected file type; receiving an accumulation of modifications to the files of said selected file type on the first computer, said modifications received from a user performing work on the first computer; recording a file identification responsive to each modification to a file of said selected file type into a work monitor log; reading said work monitor log and for each file identification in said work monitor log, identifying on said second computer a corresponding file identification representative of said recorded file identification; determining, for each file identification in the work monitor log, subsequent to said step of identifying and without user intervention, whether said modified file on said first computer is more recent than said identified file on said second computer; wherein said step of determining includes the steps of: accessing a first date and time associated with said modified file; accessing a second date and time associated with said identified file on said second computer; and, determining if said first date and time is more recent than said second date and time; and, automatically transferring said modified file to said second computer and automatically replacing said identified file on said second computer with said modified file on said first computer, only if it is determined that said modified file on said first computer is more recent than said identified file on said second computer.