Patent ID: 8255895

Claim:
A method for synchronizing distributed software objects comprising: sending to a client from a server, in response to a request received via a network from the client to the server, a first object comprising one or more methods and one or more data values; sending to the client a synchronization policy that requires the one or more data values of the first object to be sent to the server for synchronization upon occurrence at the client of a prescribed interaction; receiving from the client a network communication comprising a data value of the first object; and sending to the client from the server, in response to the network communication, a response data that includes an update to a data value of a second object sent previously by the server to the client, wherein the response data is determined at the server at least in part by using the data value of the second object associated with the first object to perform an action, and the response data updates the one or more data values of the first object based on the synchronization policy.