Patent ID: 7395446

Claim:
A method for synchronizing a first computer system with a second computer system, said first computer system utilizing pull-synchronization software for synchronizing with said second computer system and said second computer system including a shared directory, said method comprising: said first computer system utilizing a network connection between said first computer system and said second computer system to access said shared directory in said second computer system; said first computer system autonomously viewing at least one file in said shared directory in said second computer system, the at least one file associated with a filename extension; said first computer system receiving a synchronization rule, wherein the synchronization rule directs the first computer system to copy files in the shared directory of the second computer that include the filename extension; said first computer system autonomously ascertaining that said at least one file in said shared directory in said second computer system includes the filename extension and needs to be copied to said first computer system in order for said first computer system to be synchronized with said second computer system; and said first computer system autonomously copying said at least one file from said second computer system over said network connection.