Patent ID: 7181472

Claim:
A method of synchronizing identity information between a primary computer system and a disparate secondary computer system, wherein the primary computer system and the secondary computer system store identity information in different formats and wherein the method comprises: connecting the primary computer system and the secondary computer system to provide communication capability between the primary computer system and the secondary computer system; determining new identity information exists on the primary computer system and that a synchronization operation should be performed by comparing identity information on the primary computer system with identity information on the secondary computer system; converting the new identity information into a different format, the different format associated with the secondary computer system; and propagating the converted new identity information to the secondary computer system, wherein the secondary computer system has a representative database of identity information following receipt of the converted information, wherein the representative database is representative of a primary database of identity information stored on the primary computer system, and wherein the representative database on the secondary computer system has less identity information than the primary database.