Patent ID: 8650154

Claim:
A method for synchronizing an external database having an external application with data for a plurality of collaboration users coupled to a document collaboration synchronizer, comprising: providing a RSS feed to receive data from said external database and to provide a collaboration document for collaboration changes by said plurality of collaboration users, wherein said collaboration document is a synchronized collaboration document that is synchronized based on any updates provided by said plurality of collaboration users and said external database, and wherein said external database, said synchronized collaboration document, and said external application are separate; in response to detecting a database change made by said external application to a table having a table name in said external database, translating said table name to a feedname associated with the provided RSS feed of said synchronized collaboration document to identify said synchronized collaboration document; and pushing said database change to said identified synchronized collaboration document to update said identified synchronized collaboration document; and in response to detecting a collaboration change made by a collaboration user from said plurality of collaboration users to said synchronized collaboration document, translating said feedname of said synchronized collaboration document to said table name of said table within said external database; and pushing said collaboration change to said table within said external database.